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Definition of Encyclopedists
1. encyclopedist [n] - See also: encyclopedist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Encyclopedists
Literary usage of Encyclopedists
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"In philosophy, the encyclopedists seek to subvert the principles on ... On certain
points, Rousseau breaks with the philosophes and the encyclopedists. ..."
2. The Jesuits, 1534-1921: A History of the Society of Jesus from Its by Thomas Joseph Campbell (1921)
"... in Prance by the encyclopedists — The Royal Secret — Simultaneousness of the
Suppression — Wanderings of the Exiles — Pignatelli — Expulsion by Tanucci. ..."
3. Martin's History of France: The Decline of the French Monarchy by Henri Martin (1866)
"... AND THE encyclopedists. Voltaire at Berlin and Ferney. Can- dide. Developments of
the Philosophy of the Eighteenth Century. Metaphysics of Condillac. ..."