de Beauvoir

American

[duh bohv-wahr, duh boh-vwar] / də boʊvˈwɑr, də boʊˈvwar /

noun

Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand, 1908–86, French playwright, novelist, and essayist.

de Beauvoir British

/ də bovwar /

noun

Simone (simɔn). 1908–86, French existentialist novelist and feminist, whose works include Le sang des autres (1944), Le deuxième sexe (1949), and Les mandarins (1954)

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Ms. Winter cited Simone de Beauvoir to support her views.

From The Wall Street Journal

And then he says Karl Marx, Leon Trotsky and Simone de Beauvoir — listing all these European artists and thinkers — those are also yours.

From Los Angeles Times

Even a half century ago, in her brilliant book, “The Coming of Age,” Simone de Beauvoir was commending a long life of perpetual action.

From The Wall Street Journal

In her prime, Bardot was considered a national treasure in France, received by President Charles de Gaulle at the Élysée Palace and analyzed exhaustively by existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir.

From Los Angeles Times

The film scandalised the American public and was banned in some US states, while the French existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir hailed her as an icon of "absolute freedom".

From BBC

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