Schopenhauer

[ shoh-puh n-hou-er; German shoh-puh n-hou-uh r ]
/ ˈʃoʊ pənˌhaʊ ər; German ˈʃoʊ pənˌhaʊ ər /

noun

Ar·thur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/,1788–1860, German philosopher.

OTHER WORDS FROM Schopenhauer

Scho·pen·hau·er·i·an [shoh-puh n-houuh r-ee-uh n, -hou-er-, shoh-puh n-hou-eer-ee-uh n] /ˈʃoʊ pənˌhaʊər i ən, -ˌhaʊ ər-, ˌʃoʊ pən haʊˈɪər i ən/, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for schopenhauerian

  • Wotan must needs become a Schopenhauerian; and Siegfried, a pessimist at the close.

    Unicorns |James Huneker

  • They are artificial, and yet bear a resemblance to certain Schopenhauerian theories.

    Egoists |James Huneker

  • So far it is Will and not Idea that is manifested in the revolutionary labor movement, to use the Schopenhauerian terms.

    Major Prophets of To-Day |Edwin E. Slosson

British Dictionary definitions for schopenhauerian

Schopenhauer
/ (German ˈʃoːpənhauər) /

noun

Arthur (ˈartʊr). 1788–1860, German pessimist philosopher. In his chief work, The World as Will and Idea (1819), he expounded the view that will is the creative primary factor and idea the secondary receptive factor

Derived forms of Schopenhauer

Schopenhauerian (ˌʃəʊpənˈhaʊərɪən), adjective Schopenhauerism, noun