Humean
/ˈhjuːmɪən/adjective, noun
Humean is an adjective meaning “Of or pertaining to the philosophy of David Hume (1711–1776)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-U-M-E-A-N, and it appears about once in every 59 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does Humean mean?
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to the philosophy of David Hume (1711–1776).
§ Treatiſe of Human Nature, L. 467. In the P. S. to this letter, a view will be given of the Humian ſyſtem, taken exactly as it appeared to its author at ſix o’clock in the evening.
noun
- 1
An adherent or advocate of Humean doctrines.
[H]e who would educate a young man in the principles of Unitarianism will, in all probability, educate him in the principles of infidelity. The reason is obvious. In order to reduce his religious creed to the level of Unitarianism, he must
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Humean?
- UK /ˈhjuːmɪən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Humean.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Humean
- Humeian
- Humian
- Humeans plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Humean?
Humean appears about once in every 59 million words in written English, the 240,237th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does Humean come from?
From Hume (“David Hume”) + -an.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).