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Definition of Faustian
1. Adjective. Pertaining to or resembling or befitting Faust or Faustus especially in insatiably striving for worldly knowledge and power even at the price of spiritual values. "A Faustian pact with the Devil"
Definition of Faustian
1. Adjective. suggestive of Faust, especially his abandonment of values in order to pursue knowledge ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Faustian
1. in the manner of Faust [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Faustian
Literary usage of Faustian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Imperial Temptation: The New World Order and America's Purpose by Robert W. Tucker, David C. Hendrickson (1992)
"... CHAPTER 14 The faustian Bargain The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait presented the
United States with three basic alternatives. ..."
2. The Black Man by Mark Baker Bird (1869)
"16th of April, 1848.—Soulouque leaves for the Spanish part.—JT Hartwell builds
at the Cape.—faustian the I.— MB Bird's memento to the Government. ..."
3. The Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould (1877)
"Thereupon the pretender nominated faustian, priest of Dax, to the vacant bishopric.
Nizier, Count of Dax, complained to Chilperic, King of Soissons, ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1922)
"Our Western or ' faustian' culture, precisely because it recognizes no limits to
infinite progress, is bringing the whole world under its sway, ..."
5. The Gentleman's Magazine (1853)
"Marcus Aurelius had better grounds for making the same plea had not his excess
of civility towards faustian been an insult to the dignity of a wife. ..."
6. Transcending Boundaries: Natural Resource Management from Summit to Sea edited by Rabel J. Burdge (2001)
"The faustian bargain is described (there are surprises in Goethe's conception!
... The "faustian bargain" described by Goethe is very different from current ..."
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