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Kureishian

Kureishian adjective: of or relating to Hanif Kureishi (born 1954), English author and playwright with South Asian ancestry, often dealing with themes of race and sexuality.

Adjective

Kureishian (comparative more Kureishian, superlative most Kureishian)

  1. Of or relating to Hanif Kureishi (born 1954), English author and playwright with South Asian ancestry, often dealing with themes of race and sexuality.
    • […] it is his thirst for knowledge and narrative propensity that distinguishes him as a typical Kureishian intellectual.2006, Esterino Adami, Rushdie, Kureishi, Syal: essays in diaspora
    • There have been similar complaints about The Body, whose introspective, typically Kureishian first-person narrative is at odds with its superficial air of futuristic speculation.2007, Bradley Buchanan, Hanif Kureishi

Forms of Kureishian

comparativemore Kureishian
superlativemost Kureishian

Origin of Kureishian

From Kureishi + -ian.

Questions about Kureishian

What does Kureishian mean?
Kureishian means of or relating to Hanif Kureishi (born 1954), English author and playwright with South Asian ancestry, often dealing with themes of race and sexuality.
What part of speech is Kureishian?
Kureishian is an adjective.

Words near Kureishian in the dictionary

  1. Kuredhirehaa
  2. Kuredhivaru
  3. kureef
  4. Kurehdhoo
  5. Kureikeymaahuttaa
  6. Kureishian
  7. Kurek
  8. Kureks
  9. Kurendhoo
  10. Kurepa tree
  11. Kurepa trees

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