Erewhonian en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌɛɹɪˈ(h)wəʊ.ni.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌɛɹəˈ(h)wɑ.ni.ən/ (General-American)
- /ˌɛɹəˈ(h)woʊ.ni.ən/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Erewhon + -ian: the country's name is an approximate reversal of nowhere, from the novel Erewhon (1872) by Samuel Butler.
Meanings
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Of or pertaining to the fictional land of Erewhon.
Those opposed to the Erewhonian programme are apt to object that it disregards moral guilt as a necessary condition of a just punishment and thus leads to a condition in which any person may be sacrificed to the welfare of society.
2008, H. L. A. Hart, Punishment and Responsibility: Essays in the Philosophy of Law, page 52:The Erewhonian conflation of mechanical energy and capitalist value extends to their attitude toward machinery.
2015, Sarah C Alexander, Victorian Literature and the Physics of the Imponderable, page 91:The four chapters of Davenport's work generally follow the same scheme. Adriaan calls section one "An Erewhonian Sketchbook" and uses a Napoleonic rather than a Gregorian calendar redesignating the months Messidor (July), Thermidor (August), and Fructidor (September).
2003, Farhat Iftekharuddin, Joseph Boyden, Postmodern Approaches to the Short Story, page 139:The traveller was in Erewhonian clothes to keep him inconspicuous, a conical felt hat with owl feather, yellow tabard, tasselled perizoma, belled sandals, and umbrella.
1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:This seems to be the customary Erewhonian approach to a problem, this time the problem of the incorporeality of God.
1969, Miriam Strauss Weiss, A Lively Corpse, page 334:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| more Erewhonian | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most Erewhonian | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |