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benthamite

Speech parts

1. benthamite - Noun

2. benthamite - Adjective

Meaning

One who believes in Benthamism.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Examples

Arrow's general impossibility theorem does not disprove the existence of the Bergsonian social welfare function, neither does it disprove the existence of the Benthamite hedonistic function. Paul Samuelson

Patrick Colquhoun 's influential work, A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis (1797) was heavily influenced by Benthamite thought. Source: Internet

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