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Rousselian

Rousselian adjective: of or relating to Raymond Roussel (1877–1933), French writer.

Adjective

Rousselian (comparative more Rousselian, superlative most Rousselian)

  1. Of or relating to Raymond Roussel (1877–1933), French writer.
  2. Pertaining to the life or doctrines of the Genevan philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
    • But it is to the United States that we must turn if we would see the re-incarnation of the Rousselian spirit at its best and at its worst […].1911, William Boyd, The Educational Theory of Jean Jacques Rousseau

Forms of Rousselian

comparativemore Rousselian
superlativemost Rousselian
alternative formRoussellian

Questions about Rousselian

What does Rousselian mean?
Rousselian means of or relating to Raymond Roussel (1877–1933), French writer.
What part of speech is Rousselian?
Rousselian is an adjective.

Words near Rousselian in the dictionary

  1. Rousseauvian
  2. Rousseauvians
  3. Rousseff
  4. Rousseffs
  5. Roussel
  6. Rousselian
  7. Roussell
  8. Rousselle
  9. Rousselles
  10. Roussellian
  11. Roussells

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