Doctorowian

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English

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Etymology

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From Doctorow +‎ -ian.

Adjective

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Doctorowian (comparative more Doctorowian, superlative most Doctorowian)

  1. Of or pertaining to E. L. Doctorow (1931–2015), American novelist, editor, and professor.
    • 2022 September 7, Gillian Brassil, “The Real Lives of Early 20th-Century Celebrities, as Depicted in ‘Ragtime’”, in T: The New York Times Style Magazine[1]:
      Freud’s itinerary in the novel hews neatly to what he and his colleagues really did on their trip to the U.S.: They visited Chinatown and Central Park and the Met. They made it down to Coney Island, though Jung and Freud’s boat ride through the Tunnel of Love seems to be a Doctorowian flight of fancy.