OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 52374

Voltairean

/vɒlˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
volteriano
Of or pertaining to François-Marie Arouet (1694-1778; pen name "Voltaire"), French writer, essayist, and philosopher known for his wit and defence of civil liberties.
"What do you want? Nineteenth-century rationalism, Voltairian deism? We're living in a religious age, you know. I suppose Anglicanism might be a solution."
[…] the skinny boy at the next table smirked with a thin Voltairian sneer.
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