Chekhovian

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English

Etymology

From Chekhov +‎ -ian.

Adjective

Chekhovian (comparative more Chekhovian, superlative most Chekhovian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) or his writings.
    • 2016, Nigel Purse, Tom Stoppard’s Plays: Patterns of Plenitude and Parsimony, BRILL, →ISBN, page 537:
      The structure of society in which the wealthy intelligentsia are sustained by armies of serfs and pontificate over the politics of Tsarist Russia only serves to reinforce the Chekhovian imagery.

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