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Raskolnikovian

Raskolnikovian adjective: of or relating to Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov (Russian: Родиóн Ромáнович Раскóльников), fictional protagonist of Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

Adjective

Raskolnikovian (comparative more Raskolnikovian, superlative most Raskolnikovian)

  1. Of or relating to Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov (Russian: Родиóн Ромáнович Раскóльников), fictional protagonist of Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

Forms of Raskolnikovian

comparativemore Raskolnikovian
superlativemost Raskolnikovian

Origin of Raskolnikovian

From Raskolnikov + -ian.

Questions about Raskolnikovian

What does Raskolnikovian mean?
Raskolnikovian means of or relating to Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov (Russian: Родиóн Ромáнович Раскóльников), fictional protagonist of Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
What part of speech is Raskolnikovian?
Raskolnikovian is an adjective.

Words near Raskolnikovian in the dictionary

  1. Raskind
  2. Raskins
  3. raskol
  4. Raskolnik
  5. Raskolniki
  6. Raskolnikovian
  7. Raskolniks
  8. raskols
  9. raslakite
  10. rasm
  11. rasmalai

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