Erewhonian

/ˌɛɹɪˈ(h)wəʊ.ni.ən/ adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An inhabitant of the fictional land of Erewhon.

    "I've never heard of him. What sort of name is that for an Erewhonian?"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to the fictional land of Erewhon.

    "This seems to be the customary Erewhonian approach to a problem, this time the problem of the incorporeality of God."

Example

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"This seems to be the customary Erewhonian approach to a problem, this time the problem of the incorporeality of God."

Etymology

From Erewhon + -ian: the country's name is an approximate reversal of nowhere, from the novel Erewhon (1872) by Samuel Butler.

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