How do you use Tocqueville in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like writer or author, plus the exact meaning.
Tocqueville in a sentence
Tocqueville meaning
- A commune of Eure department, Normandy, France.
- A commune of Manche department, Normandy, France.
- A surname from French — famously held by:
Using Tocqueville
- The main meaning on this page is: A commune of Eure department, Normandy, France. | A commune of Manche department, Normandy, France. | A surname from French — famously held by:
- Useful related words include: alexis de tocqueville, writer, author.
- In the example corpus, tocqueville often appears in combinations such as: de tocqueville, tocqueville asset, of tocqueville.
Context around Tocqueville
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 8 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tocqueville
- In this selection, "tocqueville" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, says, asset, though and understands stand out and add context to how "tocqueville" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include tocqueville asset management and alexis de tocqueville also claimed. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tocqueville" sits close to words such as abattoirs, abike and ablative, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tocqueville
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Tocqueville unlocked the mystery. (4 words)
Carey says “Tocqueville opened a door I could enter. (9 words)
Alexis de Tocqueville also claimed that jury trials educate citizens about self-government. (13 words)
Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. raised its position in shares of International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. () by 153.9% in the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). (36 words)
Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. reduced its holdings in Boston Properties, Inc. () by 5.7% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. (36 words)
The feeling of loss today in Eastern Europe is what the love for equality was in Alexis de Tocqueville’s 19th century: the force that changed everything social and political and ultimately produced social rebellion. (35 words)
Shouldn’t we pay attention to Alexis De Tocqueville during this onslaught of government excesses? (15 words)
Example sentences (20)
Alexis de Tocqueville, the early 19th century observer of America, explained why we want to extract more from the rich: envy.
Liberals like the French politician and traveler Alexis de Tocqueville, though concerned about possible excesses of government, imagined democracy as a form of politics that offered startling new opportunities for equal citizenship.
Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. increased its holdings in Cidara Therapeutics by 30.8% in the 4th quarter.
Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. raised its position in shares of International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. () by 153.9% in the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. reduced its holdings in Boston Properties, Inc. () by 5.7% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. bought a new stake in iShares BB Rated Corporate Bond ETF during the 1st quarter worth approximately $398,000.
But rather than a bad thing, this strikes me as a wonderful thing, a return to the world of Tocqueville rather than the regimented national life of the postwar period.
Shouldn’t we pay attention to Alexis De Tocqueville during this onslaught of government excesses?
The feeling of loss today in Eastern Europe is what the love for equality was in Alexis de Tocqueville’s 19th century: the force that changed everything social and political and ultimately produced social rebellion.
Tocqueville Asset Management L.P.’s holdings in Vulcan Materials were worth $23,219,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Tocqueville understands 21st-century Americans, especially our tendency to withdraw from civic engagement and escape into small circles of family and friends.
Tocqueville unlocked the mystery.
However, giving such panels the power to do so would be Tocqueville’s worst nightmare: a license to impose government’s views on the people and squash potentially legitimate dissent.
Like Alexis de Tocqueville’s “Democracy in America,” Richard Hofstadter’s “The Paranoid Style in American Politics” is often cited but less often read, which is a shame because the helps explain our times.
While we share your stated goal for America, we believe that the path to "greatness" is for America to be "good" again, to paraphrase de Tocqueville.
Alexis de Tocqueville also claimed that jury trials educate citizens about self-government.
As Sheldon Wolin puts it, "Tocqueville was aware of the harshness and bigotry of the early colonists".
Carey says “Tocqueville opened a door I could enter.
Chartier, 8. See also Alexis de Tocqueville, L'Ancien Régime et la Révolution, 1850, Book Three, Chapter One.
In the mid-1800s Alexis de Tocqueville wrote that the French Revolution began with "a push towards decentralization.
Common combinations with tocqueville
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- de tocqueville 9×
- tocqueville asset 7×
- of tocqueville 2×