| NOUN | person | Hobbes, Thomas Hobbes | English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679) |
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| Sounds | hhaa'biyz; hhaa'bz | |
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| Rhymes | Achilles ... Yerkes: 115 rhymes with iyz... | |
| gobs ... Hobbs: 3 rhymes with aabz... | ||
| Meaning | English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679). | |
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| Synonym | Thomas Hobbes | |
| Instance of | philosopher | A specialist in philosophy |
| Spanish | Hobbes, Thomas Hobbes | |
| Catalan | Hobbes, Thomas Hobbes | |
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