Unrestrained vs Hobbesian - What's the difference?
unrestrained | hobbesian |
immoderate; not restrained or held in check
spontaneous, natural and informal; unconstrained
Not subject to physical restraint.
* 2009 , Russell Colling, ?Tony W. York, Hospital and Healthcare Security (page 346)
involving unrestrained, selfish, and uncivilized competition among participants.
* 1995 , Fred Pfeil, White Guys: Studies in Postmodern Domination and Difference (page 150)
unrestrained
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The party was a scene of unrestrained debauchery.
- Their meeting was one of unrestrained joy.
- Managing unrestrained prisoners alone in any environment is inherently dangerous and should not be tolerated.
Antonyms
* restrainedDerived terms
* unrestrainedly * unrestrainednessSee also
* rampant * unbridledhobbesian
English
Alternative forms
* HobbsianAdjective
(en adjective)- In Hammett's writings, the social is constructed as a vast Hobbesian landscape of grim functionaries and desperate scrabblers