Proudhon

[ proo-dawn ]

noun

1. Pierre Jo·seph [pye, r, zhaw-, zef], 1809–65, French socialist and writer.

Proudhon

/ prudɔ̃ /

noun

1. ProudhonPierre Joseph18091865MFrenchPOLITICS: socialist Pierre Joseph (pjɛr ʒozɛf). 1809–65, French socialist, whose pamphlet What is Property? (1840) declared that property is theft

Example Sentences

Among his heroes, Mr. Wilson cites Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, a Frenchman considered by many to be the “father of anarchism.”

From New York Times

Much of his time was spent disagreeing with other radicals, attacking Proudhon in particular, whom he likened to one of the “bourgeois economists”.

From Economist

He sought solace by designing pamphlets that he called experimenta typographica, filled with drawings, collages, typographical doodles and quotations from Le Corbusier, Proudhon, Stendhal and other thinkers he admired.

From New York Times

In nervous cram sessions, illiterates learned to pretend to read; bigamists to admit to only one wife; anarchists to deny having read Proudhon; heart patients to simulate vigor; epileptics to deny their fits; and carriers of hereditary diseases to neglect mentioning them.

From Literature

You should read Proudhon if you think him incorrect.

From Economist