Hobbesian
[ hob-zee-uh n ]
/ ˈhɒb zi ən /
noun
a person who believes in or advocates the principles of Thomas Hobbes.
adjective
of, relating to, or recalling the principles of Thomas Hobbes.
Example sentences from the Web for hobbesian
The disasters that follow her freeing the vast slave cities of the eastern deserts teach her some very Hobbesian lessons.
Daenerys Goes to Washington: The Modern Politics of ‘Game of Thrones’ |Jedediah Purdy |April 8, 2014 |DAILY BEASTMen are more likely to have unrealistic expectations that they would succeed, rather than fail, in this Hobbesian state.
But those kinds of decisions are going to set off a sort of Hobbesian war of all-against-all within the Democratic coalition.