Associations to the word «Bentham»

Wiktionary

BENTHAM, proper noun. An English habitational surname​ derived from any of several places.
BENTHAM, proper noun. Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher and social reformer.

Dictionary definition

BENTHAM, noun. English philosopher and jurist; founder of utilitarianism (1748-1831).

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne