Schmittian
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
Schmittian (not comparable)
- Of, or related to political theorist Carl Schmitt (1888–1985) or his theories.
- 2020 December 1, Chang Che, “The Nazi Inspiring China’s Communists”, in The Atlantic[1]:
- That China has gotten rid of the virus, which President Donald Trump called “the invisible enemy,” while the United States remains hobbled by it, is portrayed among Chinese statists as a triumph for the Schmittian worldview.
Noun[edit]
Schmittian (plural Schmittians)
- A follower of the ideas of Carl Schmitt.
- 2020 April 14, Quinta Jurecic, Benjamin Wittes, “Being an Actual Authoritarian Is Too Much Work for Trump”, in The Atlantic[3]:
- Trump may be a Schmittian by instinct and aspiration, but he’s a fair-weather Schmittian only. A true authoritarian, confronted by limits on his power, might have ripped through them in service of establishing his authority.