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Tocqueville
[tohk-vil, tok-, tawk-veel]
noun
Alexis Charles Henri Maurice Clérel de 1805–59, French statesman and author.
Tocqueville
/ tɔkvil, ˈtɒk-, ˈtəʊkvɪl /
noun
Alexis Charles Henri Maurice Clérel de (alɛksi ʃarl ɑ̃ri mɔris klerɛl də). 1805–59, French politician and political writer. His chief works are De la Démocratie en Amérique (1835–40) and L'Ancien régime et la révolution (1856)
Example Sentences
A closing chapter in Alexis de Tocqueville’s “Democracy in America” is titled “What Sort of Despotism Democratic Nations Have to Fear.”
Speakers summoned the grand ideas of figures like the Pope, Homer, Dostoyevsky, Leo Strauss, Tocqueville and Gramsci.
As Alexis de Tocqueville observed 175 years ago, Americans always think it’s all about them.
Alexis de Tocqueville saw America’s voluntary associations as one of the most admirable elements of our democracy.
The lawyers in the special counsel's office are not alone in vindicating Tocqueville's hope.
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