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Strindbergian

Strindbergian adjective: of or pertaining to Johan August Strindberg (1849–1912), Swedish playwright and novelist, or his works.

Adjective

Strindbergian (comparative more Strindbergian, superlative most Strindbergian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Johan August Strindberg (1849–1912), Swedish playwright and novelist, or his works.
    • In the 1950s the play was prized, above all, as a social document: an eloquent testament of alienated youth. Later it came to be seen as a Strindbergian study of a marriage steeped in love and hate.2015 March 30, Michael Billington, “Look Back in Anger: how John Osborne liberated theatrical language”, in The Guardian

Forms of Strindbergian

comparativemore Strindbergian
superlativemost Strindbergian

Origin of Strindbergian

From Swedish Strindberg + -ian.

Questions about Strindbergian

What does Strindbergian mean?
Strindbergian means of or pertaining to Johan August Strindberg (1849–1912), Swedish playwright and novelist, or his works.
What part of speech is Strindbergian?
Strindbergian is an adjective.

Words near Strindbergian in the dictionary

  1. strimmers
  2. strimming
  3. strims
  4. Strinati's cave salamander
  5. strind
  6. Strindbergian
  7. strinding
  8. strinds
  9. Strine
  10. Strines
  11. string

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