Burkean

English Alternative forms en Burkian Etymology en :af Burke -ean 1 + Pronunciation en /ˈbɜːkɪ.ən/ UK en /ˈbɝki.ən/ US Adjective Of or relating to Edmund Burke (1729–1797), Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist and philosopher, remembered for his support of the cause of the American Revolutionaries, and for his later opposition to the French Revolution. Of or relating to Kenneth Burke (1897–1993), American writer and literary theorist who based his analyses on the nature of knowledge. Noun One who subscribes to the ideals of Edmund Burke. en 2009 January 18 w:Ross Douthat When Buckley Met Reagan w:The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/18/books/review/Douthat-t.html An echt Burkean with a snob’s disdain for the contemporary Republican Party, Hart hinted at a road not taken, in which a Buckley-led conservative intelligentsia might have labored to infiltrate and convert the liberal-leaning Eastern Establishment, rather than making common cause with Sunbelt populists, Reagan Democrats and other faintly embarrassing constituencies. https://web.archive.org/web/20210126032907/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/18/books/review/Douthat-t.html Anagrams en abeknru Urbanek un-break unbrake unbreak en eponyms