Petersonian

//ˌpiːtəˈsəʊ.ni.ən// adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to Oscar Peterson (1925–2007), Canadian jazz pianist and composer.

    "The group’s peek-a-boo playfulness and heart-on-sleeve swingingness is a joy. So, too, are Galloway’s wonderful Hodges-esque soprano, Jones’ peppery Petersonian pianistics, and […]"

  2. 2
    Of or relating to Peter G. Peterson (1926–2018), American investment banker who served as US Secretary of Commerce from 1972 to 1973.

    "(See Guardian, 1/4/10, for Dean Baker's debunking of the piece's Petersonian economics.)"

  3. 3
    Of or relating to Jordan Peterson (born 1962), Canadian clinical psychologist, social critic, and internet personality.

    "2016 November 26, @PorphyCoon, “It's just a bad, ideological religion (in the Petersonian sense), not the old Christendom.”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 21 February 2022, retrieved 21 February 2022."

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"The group’s peek-a-boo playfulness and heart-on-sleeve swingingness is a joy. So, too, are Galloway’s wonderful Hodges-esque soprano, Jones’ peppery Petersonian pianistics, and […]"

Etymology

From Peterson + -ian.

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