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Chandlerian

Chandlerian adjective: of or relating to Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. (1918–2007), professor of business history who wrote extensively about the scale and management structures of modern corporations.

Adjective

Chandlerian (comparative more Chandlerian, superlative most Chandlerian)

  1. Of or relating to Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. (1918–2007), professor of business history who wrote extensively about the scale and management structures of modern corporations.
  2. Of or relating to Raymond Chandler (1888–1959), American novelist and screenwriter, known for hard-boiled detective fiction.

Forms of Chandlerian

comparativemore Chandlerian
superlativemost Chandlerian

Origin of Chandlerian

From Chandler + -ian.

Questions about Chandlerian

What does Chandlerian mean?
Chandlerian means of or relating to Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. (1918–2007), professor of business history who wrote extensively about the scale and management structures of modern corporations.
What part of speech is Chandlerian?
Chandlerian is an adjective.

Words near Chandlerian in the dictionary

  1. Chandler's Ford
  2. Chandlerese
  3. Chandleresque
  4. chandleress
  5. chandleresses
  6. Chandlerian
  7. chandleries
  8. chandlering
  9. Chandlerish
  10. Chandlerism
  11. Chandlerisms

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