English Explanatory Dictionary

Saint-Simonianism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A 19th-century French political and social movement of the first half of the 19th century, based on a perception that industrialization and scientific discovery would have profound changes on society.

Pronunciation

/sænsɪˈmoʊniənɪzəm/

Word forms

Saint-Simonianism Saint-Simonism

Etymology

From Saint-Simon + -ian + -ism. Inspired by the ideas of Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon (1760–1825).

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on S Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary