Baconian

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/beɪˈkəʊnɪən/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(bā kō′nē ən)


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Ba•co•ni•an  (bā kō′nē ən),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Philosophyof or pertaining to the philosopher Francis Bacon or his doctrines.

n. 
  1. Philosophyan adherent of the Baconian philosophy.
  • 1805–15; Bacon + -ian
Ba•co′ni•an•ism, Ba•co•nism  (bā′kə niz′əm),USA pronunciation n. 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Baconian /beɪˈkəʊnɪən/ adj
  1. of or relating to Francis Bacon, the philosopher, or to his inductive method of reasoning
 n
  1. a follower of Bacon's philosophy
  2. someone who believes that plays attributed to Shakespeare were written by Bacon
'Baconian' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Baconian method - Baconian theory - Oxford theory - pre-Baconian - pro-Baconian

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