"Wittgenstein" meaning in English

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Proper name

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  1. Ludwig Wittgenstein, an Austrian-born twentieth-century philosopher noted for the idea of "family resemblance" as that which individual objects of a sense of a term have in common. Categories (topical): Individuals, Philosophers Derived forms: Wittgensteinian, Wittgensteinianism
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