Meaning Faustian
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Faustian1870, in reference to Johann Faust (c. 1485-1541), German wandering astrologer and wizard, who was reputed to have sold his soul to the Devil. Fantastic tales of his life were told as early as the lat [..]
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Faustian(adj) pertaining to or resembling or befitting Faust or Faustus especially in insatiably striving for worldly knowledge and power even at the price of spiritual values
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Faustian
Of or pertaining to Faust, especially his abandonment of values in order to pursue knowledge.
''She was a truly Faustian archaeologist, not above sleeping with other researchers to find out what l [..]
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