English edit

Etymology edit

Hirsch +‎ -ian

Adjective edit

Hirschian (comparative more Hirschian, superlative most Hirschian)

  1. Of or relating to E. D. Hirsch (born 1928), American educator.
  2. Of or relating to Samson Raphael Hirsch (born 1808), German rabbi, his theology, or his school of disciples.
    • 2006 February 28, YM, “Rabbi Wein on Robert Auman and parshas Vayishlach”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated[1] (Usenet):
      By 1900, many of the young who grew up in the Hirschian community had dropped out and even among those who remained committed, their religious observance was rather formalistic and arid.