Jindyworobak
/dʒɪndiˈwɒrəbæk/
Jindyworobak noun: a proponent of the Jindyworobak Movement, an Australian literary movement of the 1930s and 1940s.
Noun
Jindyworobak (plural Jindyworobaks)
- A proponent of the Jindyworobak Movement, an Australian literary movement of the 1930s and 1940s.
- No, Brian Elliott's hobby-horse is not the Jindyworobaks' political links—it is his conviction that they are to be remembered and well respected for their awareness of Aboriginal myth and legend and for their understanding and symbolic poetical use of the alcheringa concept (the Dreamtime myth of...1980, Meanjin - Volume 39, page 402
- Some writers tried to recreate the mythology of the aboriginals, and the Jindyworobaks in particular endeavoured, with small success, to recall Alcheringa.2023, T. Inglis Moore, Social Patterns in Australian Literature, page 303
- Synonyms:
- Jindy
Synonyms of Jindyworobak
Forms of Jindyworobak
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Origin of Jindyworobak
R. Ingamells took this word from the Woiwurrung word jindyworobak meaning "to annex" or "to join"
Questions about Jindyworobak
- What does Jindyworobak mean?
- Jindyworobak means a proponent of the Jindyworobak Movement, an Australian literary movement of the 1930s and 1940s.
- What part of speech is Jindyworobak?
- Jindyworobak is a noun.
- How do you pronounce Jindyworobak?
- Jindyworobak is pronounced /dʒɪndiˈwɒrəbæk/.
- What is the plural of Jindyworobak?
- The plural of Jindyworobak is Jindyworobaks.
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