Foucault

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  1. 1
    A surname from French.; Michel Foucault countable, uncountable

    "1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 5 (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN There are many “Foucaults” — whether they are all texts, or features in a network of institutional power, a régime of truth and knowledge, or the discourse of the author and his works."

  2. 2
    A surname from French.; Jean Bernard Léon Foucault, French physicist (1819–1868) countable, uncountable

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jean bernard leon foucault

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"1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 5 (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN There are many “Foucaults” — whether they are all texts, or features in a network of institutional power, a régime of truth and knowledge, or the discourse of the author and his works."

Etymology

Borrowed from French Foucault.

Related phrases

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