Nietzschean

Nietzschean

See also: nietzschean

English

Alternative forms

• Nietzschen

Etymology

From Nietzsche +‎ -ean.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈniː.t͡ʃɪ.ən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈni.t͡ʃi.ən/

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Adjective

Nietzschean (comparative more Nietzschean, superlative most Nietzschean)

1. Of, pertaining to or characteristic of Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), German philosopher, or his writings.
   • 1952 May, George Santayana, “I Like to Be a Stranger”, in The Atlantic‎:

     Yet they did not preach a racial war on the Jewish foundations of Christianity, nor propose to saddle a Nietzschean morality on peaceful lands like Austria, Bavaria, and the Rhineland that were traditionally Catholic.

Derived terms

• Nietzscheanism

Translations

pertaining to Nietzsche or his writings

Catalan: nietzscheà Czech: nietzscheovský, nietzschovský Esperanto: niĉea Estonian: Nietzschelik Finnish: nietzscheläinen French: nietzschéen (fr) German: nietzschesch Greek: νιτσεϊκός (el) m (nitseïkós) Hungarian: nietzschei Italian: nietzschiano (it), nicciano, nietzscheano Japanese: ニーチェの (Nīche no) Polish: nietzscheański Portuguese: nietzschiano (pt), nietzscheano (pt) Russian: ницшеа́нский (ru) (nicšeánskij) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ничѐа̄нскӣ Roman: ničèānskī (sh) Spanish: nietzscheano Swedish: nietzscheansk (sv) Ukrainian: ніцшеа́нський (nicšeánsʹkyj) Vietnamese: Nít-sơ

Noun

Nietzschean (plural Nietzscheans)

1. A supporter of the ideas of Friedrich Nietzsche.

Translations

a supporter of Nietzsche's ideas

Czech: nietzscheovec m, nietzschovec m Esperanto: niĉeisto, niĉeistino Finnish: nietzscheläinen French: nietzschéen (fr) m, nietzschéenne (fr) f Greek: νιτσεϊστής (el) m (nitseïstís), νιτσεΐστρια (el) f (nitseḯstria) Hungarian: nietzschei Italian: nietzschiano (it) m, nietzschiana (it) f, nicciano m, nicciana f, nietzscheano m, nietzscheana f Polish: nietzscheanista m Portuguese: nietzschiano (pt) m, nietzschiana f, nietzscheano (pt) m, nietzscheana f Russian: ницшеа́нец (ru) m (nicšeánec), ницшеа́нка f (nicšeánka) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ничеа́нац m Roman: ničeánac (sh) m Spanish: nietzscheano m, nietzscheana f Swedish: nietzschean (sv) c Ukrainian: ніцшеа́нець m (nicšeánecʹ), ніцшеа́нка f (nicšeánka)