Littréan

English Etymology en :af fr:Littré -an 1 1 Pronunciation en /lɪtˈɹeɪən/ en eɪən 3 Adjective ? Of or relating to Émile Littré (1801–1881), French philosopher and lexicographer best known for his fr Dictionnaire de la langue française. en 1892 Richard Congreve Essays 392–393 https://books.google.com/books?id=twJB0rEmFPQC&pg=PA392 Perhaps we shall find, or our successors will find, that there has been side by side with much hindrance traceable to the Littréan school a considerable amount of preparatory work done by it. en 1985 Harry W. Paul From Knowledge to Power 352 https://books.google.com/books?id=Dc40OSiOzvUC&pg=PA352 Perrin’s synthesis of Enlightenment scientism, Littréan aesthetics, revolutionary camaraderie, all tinged by the Marxian hope of liberation from Entfremdung, could not be more than a secular religion based on science. en 2000 Alan J. Rocke Nationalizing Science 407 https://books.google.com/books?id=gySfgVZ8LtgC&pg=PA407 Bensaude-Vincent, in “Atomism and Positivism,” rightly insists on the multiplicity of “positivisms” in France. She disinguishes Comte’s own ideas, which were surprisingly receptive to the heuristic use of hypotheses, from Baconian inductivism. She also distinguishes Littréan positivism, “textbook positivism,” and the “positivist vulgate.” Translations of or relating to Émile Littré French: fr littréen en eponyms