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Baconian

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Ba·co·ni·an  (b-kn-n)
adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the works or thought of the philosopher Francis Bacon.
n.
1. A follower of the doctrines of Francis Bacon.
2. One who believes in the Baconian theory.

Baconian [beɪˈkəʊnɪən]
adj
(Philosophy) of or relating to Francis Bacon, Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans (1561-1626), the English philosopher, statesman, and essayist, or to his inductive method of reasoning
n
1. (Philosophy) a follower of Bacon's philosophy
2. (Literary & Literary Critical Movements) one who believes that plays attributed to Shakespeare were written by Bacon


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