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Bellovian

Bellovian adjective: of, resembling, or characteristic of, American writer Saul Bellow (1915–2005).

Adjective

Bellovian (comparative more Bellovian, superlative most Bellovian)

  1. Of, resembling, or characteristic of, American writer Saul Bellow (1915–2005).
    • The obvious dangers inherent in the Nietzchean^([sic]) view of the superman in love with his fate we are by now well aware of; but let us take stock of the danger implicit in the Bellovian view, which is the debasement of the ideal of good-will into the blind alley of a mindless acquiescence.1959 fall, Theodore J. Ross, “Notes on Saul Bellow”, in The Chicago Jewish Forum, volume 18, number 1, page 25, column 2
    • Augie’s complaint is diagnosed as moha, opposition of the finite, a curious complaint which is the beginning of Augie and of all the other Bellovian protagonists.1962, Marcus Klein, After Alienation: American Novels in Mid-Century, Cleveland, Ohio; New York, N.Y.: Meridian Books, The World Publishing Company, →LCCN, page 46

Forms of Bellovian

comparativemore Bellovian
superlativemost Bellovian

Origin of Bellovian

From Bellow + -ian.

Questions about Bellovian

What does Bellovian mean?
Bellovian means of, resembling, or characteristic of, American writer Saul Bellow (1915–2005).
What part of speech is Bellovian?
Bellovian is an adjective.

Words near Bellovian in the dictionary

  1. Bellotte
  2. Bellottes
  3. Bellotti
  4. Bellottis
  5. Bellovaci
  6. Bellovian
  7. Bellovin
  8. Bellovins
  9. bellow
  10. bellow out
  11. bellowed

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