JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU

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Meaning:

French philosopher and writer born in Switzerland; believed that the natural goodness of man was warped by society; ideas influenced the French Revolution (1712-1778)

Synonyms:

Jean-Jacques Rousseau; Rousseau

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

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