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Galtian

Galtian adjective: reminiscent of the character John Galt, an individualist philosopher and inventor who stands in opposition to a collectivist socioeconomic structure in Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged (1957).

Adjective

Galtian (comparative more Galtian, superlative most Galtian)

  1. Reminiscent of the character John Galt, an individualist philosopher and inventor who stands in opposition to a collectivist socioeconomic structure in Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged (1957).

Forms of Galtian

comparativemore Galtian
superlativemost Galtian

Origin of Galtian

From Galt + -ian.

Questions about Galtian

What does Galtian mean?
Galtian means reminiscent of the character John Galt, an individualist philosopher and inventor who stands in opposition to a collectivist socioeconomic structure in Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged (1957).
What part of speech is Galtian?
Galtian is an adjective.

Words near Galtian in the dictionary

  1. Galsworthys
  2. galt
  3. galthrap
  4. galthrop
  5. galthrops
  6. Galtian
  7. Galton
  8. Galton board
  9. Galton boards
  10. Galton box
  11. Galton boxes

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