Andersonian

//ˌæn.dəˈsəʊ.ni.ən// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to Ernest Masson Anderson (1877–1960), Scottish geologist, or his work on the dynamic analysis of faulting. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Of or pertaining to Lindsay Anderson (1923–1994), British film and theatre director and film critic. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Of or pertaining to Alan Ross Anderson (1925–1973), American logician, or his work in relevance logic and deontic logic. not-comparable
  4. 4
    Of or pertaining to Benedict Anderson (1936–2015), Chinese-born Irish political scientist and historian. not-comparable
  5. 5
    Of or pertaining to Wes Anderson (born 1969), American film director, producer, and writer. not-comparable

    "At other points, the film suggests the motive is financial, depicting the Kobayashi clan as staging an industrial coup of sorts, like a quirky Andersonian take on the zaibatsu (a term for the family-controlled business monopolies that dominated Japan until the end of World War II)."

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"At other points, the film suggests the motive is financial, depicting the Kobayashi clan as staging an industrial coup of sorts, like a quirky Andersonian take on the zaibatsu (a term for the family-controlled business monopolies that dominated Japan until the end of World War II)."

Etymology

From Anderson + -ian.

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