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Polybian

Adjective

Meaning

Polybian (comparative more Polybian, superlative most Polybian)

Relating to the Ancient Greek historian and scholar Polybius.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

The largest Polybian work was, of course, his Histories, of which only the first five books survive entirely intact, along with a large portion of the sixth book and fragments of the rest. Source: Internet

The University of Pennsylvania has an intellectual society, the Polybian Society, which is named in his honor and serves as a non-partisan forum for discussing societal issues and policy. Source: Internet

What gave Burke such faith, especially in his denial of what had been regarded as Polybian or Livian truths, staples of Western thought and civilization? Source: Internet

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