Foucault
name
name ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 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 A surname from French.; Jean Bernard Léon Foucault, French physicist (1819–1868) countable, uncountable
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More examples"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.