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Tolstoian

Tolstoian is the alternative form of Tolstoyan.

Meaning of Tolstoyan

Adjective

Tolstoyan (comparative more Tolstoyan, superlative most Tolstoyan)

  1. Of or relating to Russian writer Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910).
    • This essay will look first at Gandhi's knowledge of Tolstoy and proceed to the persons, organizations, and books that enlarged and enriched Gandhi's knowledge of Tolstoyan values.2005, James D. Hunt, An American Looks at Gandhi, Bibliophile South Asia, →ISBN, page 37

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Forms of Tolstoian

Adjective
comparativemore Tolstoian
superlativemost Tolstoian
Noun
pluralTolstoians

Questions about Tolstoian

What is Tolstoian the alternative form of?
Tolstoian is the alternative form of Tolstoyan.

Words near Tolstoian in the dictionary

  1. Tolsma
  2. Tolsmas
  3. Tolson
  4. Tolsons
  5. Tolstoevsky
  6. Tolstoian
  7. Tolstoians
  8. Tolstovian
  9. tolstovka
  10. tolstovkas
  11. Tolstoy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Tolstoian (page history and authors); Tolstoyan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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