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Rockwellian

Rockwellian adjective: of or relating to Norman Rockwell, known for his idealistic, quaint, or sentimental portrayals of American life.

Adjective

Rockwellian (comparative more Rockwellian, superlative most Rockwellian)

  1. (US) Of or relating to Norman Rockwell, known for his idealistic, quaint, or sentimental portrayals of American life.
    • Lest Rockwellian nostalgia blur reality, segregation of the races was the law and my earliest recollections of its sinister consequences remain strong to this day.2008, Robert Lewis Williams, History of the Association of Black Psychologists, page 276
    Synonyms:
    Rockwellesque

Synonyms of Rockwellian

Forms of Rockwellian

comparativemore Rockwellian
superlativemost Rockwellian

Origin of Rockwellian

From Rockwell + -ian.

Questions about Rockwellian

What does Rockwellian mean?
Rockwellian means of or relating to Norman Rockwell, known for his idealistic, quaint, or sentimental portrayals of American life.
What part of speech is Rockwellian?
Rockwellian is an adjective.

Words near Rockwellian in the dictionary

  1. Rockwell hardness
  2. Rockwell hardnesses
  3. Rockwell scale
  4. Rockwell scales
  5. Rockwellesque
  6. Rockwellian
  7. Rockwellish
  8. Rockwellized
  9. rockwheel
  10. rockwheels
  11. rockwood

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