Word info

contractarian

Speech parts

1. contractarian - Noun

2. contractarian - Adjective

Meaning

contractarian (not comparable)

Relating to contractarianism

contractarian (plural contractarians)

An advocate of contractarianism

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

As Pateman argues: The contractarian argument is unassailable all the time it is accepted that abilities can 'acquire' an external relation to an individual, and can be treated as if they were property. Source: Internet

Nevertheless, many (though not all) elements of Hobbes's political thought were unchanged between The Elements of Law and Leviathan, which demonstrates that the events of the English Civil War had little effect on his contractarian methodology. Source: Internet

Hobbes was a social contractarian Basically meaning: the people of a society are prepared give up some rights to a government in order to receive social order. Source: Internet

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