Condorcet
[kawn-dawr-se] /kɔ̃ dɔrˈsɛ/
noun
1.
Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat
[ma-ree zhahn ahn-twan nee-kaw-lah ka-ree-ta] /maˈri ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃ˈtwan ni kɔˈlɑ ka riˈta/ (Show IPA), Marquis de, 1743–94, French mathematician and philosopher.
/French kɔndɔrsɛ/
noun
1.
Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de. 1743–94, French philosopher and politician. His works include Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Progress of the Human Mind (1795)
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