Clearly, Hitler saw his historical function as a Wagnerian grand opera. Vast cosmic changes required an accompaniment of slaughter on a colossal scale.
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Wagnerian
Synonyms for "wagnerian" (2 found)
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Translations
14 translations across 11 languages.
Basque
1 entries- wagnertar adj (of, or characteristic of Richard Wagner, or his music)
Catalan
1 entries- wagnerià adj (of, or characteristic of Richard Wagner, or his music)
Czech
1 entries- wagnerovský adj (of, or characteristic of Richard Wagner, or his music)
French
1 entries- wagnérien adj (of, or characteristic of Richard Wagner, or his music)
German
3 entries- wagnerianisch adj (of, or characteristic of Richard Wagner, or his music)
- Wagnerianer noun (admirer of Richard Wagner)
- Wagnerianerin noun (admirer of Richard Wagner)
Hungarian
1 entries- wagneri adj (of, or characteristic of Richard Wagner, or his music)
Macedonian
1 entries- ва́гнерски adj (of, or characteristic of Richard Wagner, or his music)
Portuguese
1 entries- wagneriano adj (of, or characteristic of Richard Wagner, or his music)
Russian
1 entries- вагнеровский adj (of, or characteristic of Richard Wagner, or his music)
Spanish
1 entries- wagneriano adj (of, or characteristic of Richard Wagner, or his music)
Swedish
2 entries- wagneriansk adj (of, or characteristic of Richard Wagner, or his music)
- wagnerian noun (admirer of Richard Wagner)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
It is a glossy film with gross, opulent opticals and little comic, or any, relief; it has the jaundiced complexion of an early 60s underground film, which it is; it is ponderous, Wagnerian, and feels about five hours long (its running time is about an hour).
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Thus Gilgamesh and Enkidu as a dyad express a Wagnerian leitmotif that plays upon themes from racial memories of the two different races at the dawn of hominization.
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