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- adjective Of or relating to Jacob Burckhardt (1818–1897), historian of art and culture.
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Burckhardt + -ian
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Examples
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Few will doubt that the crisis which has engulfed our century is a genuine crisis in the Burckhardtian sense.
CRISIS IN HISTORY GERHARD MASUR 1968
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After a long debate about the origins, the character, and the impact of the Renaissance, most historians of today would agree that it should not be treated as a genuine crisis in the Burckhardtian sense.
CRISIS IN HISTORY GERHARD MASUR 1968
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