English Explanatory Dictionary

Tractarian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of the Oxford movement.
adj
  1. Pertaining to or characteristic of the Oxford movement.
  2. Pertaining to the ideas of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus.

Pronunciation

trăk-tâʹ-rē-ən /trækˈtɛːɹi.ən/ /trækˈtɛɹi.ən/

Word forms

Tractarian Tractarians more Tractarian most Tractarian

Etymology

From tract + -arian, in reference to the tracts published by members of the Oxford movement.

Synonyms

Tractite Tractator Puseyite

Derived words

Tractarianism Tractarianize
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