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ARNOLD JOSEPH TOYNBEE
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• ARNOLD JOSEPH TOYNBEE (noun)
The noun ARNOLD JOSEPH TOYNBEE has 1 sense:
1. English historian who studied the rise and fall of civilizations looking for cyclical patterns (1889-1975)
Familiarity information: ARNOLD JOSEPH TOYNBEE used as a noun is very rare.
• ARNOLD JOSEPH TOYNBEE (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
English historian who studied the rise and fall of civilizations looking for cyclical patterns (1889-1975)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Arnold Joseph Toynbee; Arnold Toynbee; Toynbee
Instance hypernyms:
historian; historiographer (a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it)
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