Which -an adjective based on "Rousseau" do you prefer?
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 1:48 am
From most to least frequent according to the Google Ngram Viewer: Rousseauian, Rousseauan, Rousseauvian, Rousseaunian.
The following forms are not frequent enough to show up on the Ngram Viewer, but I gather from Google search results that they do exist: Roussonian, Rousseavian, Roussevian.
If you went the etymological route, it would be "Russellian", but as far as I know nobody uses this as the adjective corresponding to "Rousseau".
Even though "Rousseauian" and "Rouseauan" are apparently the most common forms, I don't like the sound of the hiatus, so I think I personally prefer "Rousseauvian" (which seems to have become more common relative to "Rousseauan" in past decades).
I'd be interested in knowing if different forms are preferred in different languages. "Roussoniano" seems to have a fair amount of use in Spanish.
The following forms are not frequent enough to show up on the Ngram Viewer, but I gather from Google search results that they do exist: Roussonian, Rousseavian, Roussevian.
If you went the etymological route, it would be "Russellian", but as far as I know nobody uses this as the adjective corresponding to "Rousseau".
Even though "Rousseauian" and "Rouseauan" are apparently the most common forms, I don't like the sound of the hiatus, so I think I personally prefer "Rousseauvian" (which seems to have become more common relative to "Rousseauan" in past decades).
I'd be interested in knowing if different forms are preferred in different languages. "Roussoniano" seems to have a fair amount of use in Spanish.