Meaning of hobbish | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Hobbesian
   archaic, not-comparable
2. rustic; characteristic of a hob or yokel

Examples

“Their Notions Machiavellian, Hobbish, / Draw Multitudes, because they’re Mobbish”

“[…] the Preacher (tho’ a celebrated Divine of our Church, whose Principles are entirely Monarchical) has freely asserted several Hobbish Notions, and told us, that Democracy is of equal esteem with Monarchy, that Succession is a Jest, that all Forms of Government are in their own Nature mutable, and may be altered, or quite rescinded, as the Power in beginning shall think fit.”

“But I believe his Toryism to have been a natural emanation of his Hobbish infidelity, though in this age when infidelity affects democracy, and blackguards affect infidelity, this may sound like a paradox.”

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