What does "bentleyan" mean?

Of or relating to Arthur Fisher Bentley (1870–1957), American political scientist and philosopher who worked in the fields of epistemology, logic, and linguistics.

Bentleyan

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Adjective

1
Of or relating to Arthur Fisher Bentley (1870–1957), American political scientist and philosopher who worked in the fields of epistemology, logic, and linguistics.

Etymology

From Bentley + -an.

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