Foucauldian

English

Alternative forms

• Foucaldian, Foucaultian

Etymology

From Foucault +‎ -ian, perhaps by contamination with the French surname Foucauld as in Charles de Foucauld.

Adjective

Foucauldian (comparative more Foucauldian, superlative most Foucauldian)

1. Of or pertaining to the philosophy of Michel Foucault.
   • 2021 May 25, Ross Douthat, “How Michel Foucault Lost the Left and Won the Right”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     The best guide to this change is a New York University lecturer named Geoff Shullenberger, who has written a pair of essays exploring the political valence of Foucauldian ideas.

Noun

Foucauldian (plural Foucauldians)

1. A proponent of the philosophy of Michel Foucault.