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Etymology

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Scruton +‎ -ian

Adjective

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Scrutonian (comparative more Scrutonian, superlative most Scrutonian)

  1. Of or relating to Roger Scruton (1944-2020), English philosopher specialising in aesthetics.
    • 2008, Sophie Ratcliffe, On Sympathy:
      This uncertainty often appears in Beckettian criticism—take the Scrutonian hesitation over Beckett's 'characters (if characters they can be called)', or John Pilling's admission that, in Beckett, character can become an 'impossibly complicated matter'.

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