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Proppian

Proppian adjective: of or relating to Vladimir Propp (Russian: Владимир Пропп; 1895–1970), Soviet formalist scholar who analyzed the basic plot components of Russian folk tales.

Adjective

Proppian (comparative more Proppian, superlative most Proppian)

  1. Of or relating to Vladimir Propp (Russian: Владимир Пропп; 1895–1970), Soviet formalist scholar who analyzed the basic plot components of Russian folk tales.

Forms of Proppian

comparativemore Proppian
superlativemost Proppian

Origin of Proppian

From Propp + -ian.

Questions about Proppian

What does Proppian mean?
Proppian means of or relating to Vladimir Propp (Russian: Владимир Пропп; 1895–1970), Soviet formalist scholar who analyzed the basic plot components of Russian folk tales.
What part of speech is Proppian?
Proppian is an adjective.

Words near Proppian in the dictionary

  1. propped
  2. propped up
  3. propped up the bar
  4. propper
  5. proppers
  6. Proppian
  7. proppier
  8. proppiest
  9. proppiness
  10. propping
  11. propping up

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