Bergsonist

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English

Etymology

From Bergson +‎ -ist.

Noun

Bergsonist (plural Bergsonists)

  1. A follower of Bergsonian philosophy.
    • 1992, David Ayers, Wyndham Lewis and Western Man, Springer, →ISBN, page 22:
      It would appear that Lewis is more of a Bergsonist than he might admit, while Bergson is less of a Bergsonist than Lewis would have him.

Translations

Adjective

Bergsonist (comparative more Bergsonist, superlative most Bergsonist)

  1. Synonym of Bergsonian
    • 2015, Sarah Posman, Laura Luise Schultz, editors, Gertrude Stein in Europe, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 108:
      As I see it, there are at least two reasons for what in the light of a score of Bergsonist readings of (American) modernist writers, seems a curious oversight.