Definition of Riesman

1. Noun. United States sociologist (1909-2002).

Exact synonyms: David Riesman, David Riesman Jr.
Generic synonyms: Sociologist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Riesman

Rieger's anomaly
Riehl's melanosis
Riemann
Riemann space
Riemann spaces
Riemann surface
Riemann zeta-function
Riemann zeta function
Riemannian
Riemannian geometry
Riemannian manifold
Rieske protein
Riesling
Rieslings
Riesman (current term)
Rieti
Rifadin
Riffian
Rift Valley fever
Rig-Veda
Rig Veda
Riga
Riga-Fede disease
Riga fir
Riga firs
Rigan
Rigans
Rigel
Rigellian

Literary usage of Riesman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Medical Clinics of North America by Michael C. Fiore, Stephen S. Entman, Charles B. Rush (1921)
"DAVID Riesman PHILADELPHIA GENERAL HOSPITAL ABDOMINAL MANIFESTATIONS OF THORACIC DISEASES THE medical profession stands today, as it were, ..."

2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1899)
"BY CHARLES W. BURR, MD, AND DAVID Riesman, MD The point of interest in the case we report, or rather the point we wish to bring up for discussion, ..."

3. Philadelphia Hospital Reports by Philadelphia Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.) (1903)
"BY DAVID Riesman, MD, AC WOOD, MD, AND GE PFAHLER, MD The history of the case is as follows : IP, a negro, aged sixty-three years, born in Delaware, ..."

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