Kureishian

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Kureishi +‎ -ian

Adjective[edit]

Kureishian (comparative more Kureishian, superlative most Kureishian)

  1. Of or relating to Hanif Kureishi (born 1954), English author and playwright with South Asian ancestry, often dealing with themes of race and sexuality.
    • 2006, Esterino Adami, Rushdie, Kureishi, Syal: essays in diaspora:
      [] it is his thirst for knowledge and narrative propensity that distinguishes him as a typical Kureishian intellectual.
    • 2007, Bradley Buchanan, Hanif Kureishi:
      There have been similar complaints about The Body, whose introspective, typically Kureishian first-person narrative is at odds with its superficial air of futuristic speculation.