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Burkean meaning

  1. Of or relating to Edmund Burke (1729–1797), Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist and philosopher, remembered for his support of the cause of the American Revolutionaries, and for his later opposition to the French Revolution.
  2. Of or relating to Kenneth Burke (1897–1993), American writer and literary theorist who based his analyses on the nature of knowledge.

Using Burkean

  • The main meaning on this page is: Of or relating to Edmund Burke (1729–1797), Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist and philosopher, remembered for his support of the cause of the American Revolutionaries, and for his later opposition to the French Revolution. | Of or relating to Kenneth Burke (1897–1993), American writer and literary theorist who based his analyses on the nature of knowledge.

Context around Burkean

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

nothing 1×

Often after:

conservatives 1×

Sentence patterns with Burkean

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

fear of burkean conservatives at 1× is nothing burkean about will 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

here gray simply 1× there is nothing 1×

Common sentence endings:

of total leveling 1× openly against injustice 1×

Words around Burkean

Just before it in the word index:

burke 853 burkburnett 5 burkas 5 burkart 4 burkard 4 burkan 4

Just after it in the word index:

burkert 15 burkes 13 burkesville 7 burket 3 burketown 3 burkett 27

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabb 4 aabria 4 aacha 4 aacta 4 aadu 4 aafmaa 4

Corpus analysis for Burkean

  • In this selection, "burkean" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, nothing and conservatives stand out and add context to how "burkean" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include fear of burkean conservatives at and is nothing burkean about will. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "burkean" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with burkean

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Here, Gray simply regurgitates the age-old fear of Burkean conservatives at the sight of large numbers of people campaigning openly against injustice. (23 words)

There is nothing Burkean about Will’s suggestion that “government’s role in the generation of wealth” gives it the right to redistribute wealth as it sees fit (somewhere short of total leveling). (33 words)

Longer example sentences

There is nothing Burkean about Will’s suggestion that “government’s role in the generation of wealth” gives it the right to redistribute wealth as it sees fit (somewhere short of total leveling). (33 words)

Here, Gray simply regurgitates the age-old fear of Burkean conservatives at the sight of large numbers of people campaigning openly against injustice. (23 words)

Example sentences (2)

Here, Gray simply regurgitates the age-old fear of Burkean conservatives at the sight of large numbers of people campaigning openly against injustice.

There is nothing Burkean about Will’s suggestion that “government’s role in the generation of wealth” gives it the right to redistribute wealth as it sees fit (somewhere short of total leveling).

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "burkean" in a sentence?
An example: "Here, Gray simply regurgitates the age-old fear of Burkean conservatives at the sight of large numbers of people campaigning openly against injustice." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "burkean" from authentic English texts.
What does "burkean" mean?
Burkean means: Of or relating to Edmund Burke (1729–1797), Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist and philosopher, remembered for his support of the cause of the American Revolutionaries, and for his later opposition to the French Revolution.
How many example sentences with "burkean" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "burkean", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.