zoon-politikonhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zoon-politikon_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezoon politikon, n.
Revised 2017

zoon politikonnoun

  1. 1895–
    1. [1691
      I have made thee a sociable Creature, ζωον πολιτικὸν, for the improvement of thy Understanding by Conference.
      J. Ray, Wisdom of God 115]
    2. 1895
      He considers that the ‘zoon politicon’, the methodical being, the animal of culture, is exclusively the male.
      British Medical Journal 19 October 986/1
    3. 1902
      Attempts were made to enlighten the political conscience of the voters, to act on the zoon politikon.
      F. Clarke, translation of M. Y. Ostrogorski, Democracy & Organization Polit. Parties vol. I. iii. iii. 420
    4. 1958
      Anybody who regards man as necessarily..a zoon politikon.
      W. Stark, Sociology of Knowledge 238
    5. 1993
      Natural men would lead a life in which there was no true society—men were by no means zoa politika.
      R. Tuck, Philos. & Government 1572–1651 174
    6. 2013
      Christoph was a genuine zöon politikon, loving to read newspapers and to discuss politics.
      Rev. Middle East Studies vol. 47 280

zoon politikon, n. was revised in June 2017.

zoon politikon, n. was last modified in July 2023.