Hobbist adjective 1noun 1forms 3 adjective1 •Hobbesian.He had a Hobbist vision of ‘the whole world consuming in the fire of envy one against another’, from which quietism was the only escape. — 1972 noun1 •One who follows the doctrines of Thomas Hobbes; a Hobbesian.Many of the accused were Hobbists and Infidels, and some common ill-living Protestants: Shall all the Hobbists, and Infidels, and ill-living Protestants be Extirpated for their faults? — 1690 formsHobbists · more Hobbist · most Hobbist