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Meaning of Banksian | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to Joseph Banks, English botanist and naturalist.
  2. Of or pertaining to Iain Banks (born 1954) or his writings, most notably a utopian style of science fiction.

Examples

“Naturally it's compulsive Banksian reading, with lashings of gore, squalor, poison, torture and philosophy.”
“[…]the recurring motif of war and its symbolic Banksian appendage, the figure⟳ of the castle[…]”
“And it is in the character and story of Abel that this element of Banksian self-parody shows itself most clearly […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Banksyesque banky banlieusard bannable bannal banned

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