Hooksian

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to bell hooks (born Gloria Jean Watkins in 1952), American feminist author and social activist.

    "The book is unquestionably fashionable: the hot pink cover, littered with bell hooksian typography, opens to reveal overdesigned pages full of the trendiest graphics […]"

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"The book is unquestionably fashionable: the hot pink cover, littered with bell hooksian typography, opens to reveal overdesigned pages full of the trendiest graphics […]"

Etymology

From hooks + -ian.

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