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Gladwellian

Gladwellian adjective: of or relating to Malcolm Gladwell (born 1963), Canadian journalist, author, and speaker.

Adjective

Gladwellian (comparative more Gladwellian, superlative most Gladwellian)

  1. Of or relating to Malcolm Gladwell (born 1963), Canadian journalist, author, and speaker.
    • Sheffrin has written a book of Gladwellian sweep, one that synthesizes and translates large swaths of fascinating social science research, while also enlivening the analysis with engaging stories from the trenches of tax policy and public finance.2014 June, “Tax Fairness and Folk Justice”, in National Tax Journal, page 487
    • Jake: That is a tremendous amount of Malcolm Gladwellian logic jumps.
      Xander: Well you spent ten thousand hours fucking my life up, so bring Lainey to the party.2015, Leslye Headland, Sleeping with Other People

Forms of Gladwellian

comparativemore Gladwellian
superlativemost Gladwellian

Origin of Gladwellian

From Gladwell + -ian.

Questions about Gladwellian

What does Gladwellian mean?
Gladwellian means of or relating to Malcolm Gladwell (born 1963), Canadian journalist, author, and speaker.
What part of speech is Gladwellian?
Gladwellian is an adjective.

Words near Gladwellian in the dictionary

  1. Gladue factor
  2. Gladue report
  3. Gladues
  4. Gladus
  5. Gladwell
  6. Gladwellian
  7. Gladwells
  8. Gladwin
  9. Gladwin County
  10. Gladwins
  11. glady

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