Moreauvian
Moreauvian adjective: playing God, particularly in attempting to blur the distinction between humans and animals.
Adjective
Moreauvian (comparative more Moreauvian, superlative most Moreauvian)
- Playing God, particularly in attempting to blur the distinction between humans and animals.
- The novel's most Frankensteinian or Moreauvian project is again an exercise in 'man-making', the engineering of a new strain of hominid, the Crakers.2008 February 19, Philip Armstrong, What Animals Mean in the Fiction of Modernity, Routledge, →ISBN, page 194
- While many scientists think human cloning is possible and inevitable, others think it is likely that human clones already exist, perhaps in hideous forms where they are studied on a Moreauvian island.2020 December 17, Steven Best, Douglas Kellner, The Postmodern Adventure: Science Technology and Cultural Studies at the Third Millennium, Routledge, →ISBN, page 177
Forms of Moreauvian
| comparative | more Moreauvian |
|---|---|
| superlative | most Moreauvian |
| alternative form | Dr. Moreauvian |
Origin of Moreauvian
From Moreau + -v- + -ian, in reference to the 1896 H.G. Wells novel The Island of Doctor Moreau and its title character, a mad scientist attempting to turn animals into humans.
Questions about Moreauvian
- What does Moreauvian mean?
- Moreauvian means playing God, particularly in attempting to blur the distinction between humans and animals.
- What part of speech is Moreauvian?
- Moreauvian is an adjective.
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