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Godardian

Godardian adjective: of or pertaining to Jean-Luc Godard (1930–2022), French film director and critic, or his cinematic style.

Adjective

Godardian (comparative more Godardian, superlative most Godardian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Jean-Luc Godard (1930–2022), French film director and critic, or his cinematic style.
    • The Godardian vision of a universe that is both lost and recuperable in time is the thread that holds this movie and all his others together.1997, Kenneth S. Rothwell, “In Search of Nothing: Mapping King Lear,”, in Shakespeare, the movie: popularizing the plays on film, TV, and video, page 146

Forms of Godardian

comparativemore Godardian
superlativemost Godardian

Origin of Godardian

From Godard + -ian.

Questions about Godardian

What does Godardian mean?
Godardian means of or pertaining to Jean-Luc Godard (1930–2022), French film director and critic, or his cinematic style.
What part of speech is Godardian?
Godardian is an adjective.

Words near Godardian in the dictionary

  1. godamm
  2. godammit
  3. godamndest
  4. Godard
  5. Godardesque
  6. Godardian
  7. Godards
  8. Godas
  9. godaunt
  10. godaunts
  11. Godavari

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