Meaning of Erewhonian | Babel Free

Definitions

Of or pertaining to the fictional land of Erewhon.

Examples

“This seems to be the customary Erewhonian approach to a problem, this time the problem of the incorporeality of God.”

“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.”

“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).”

“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.”

“The Erewhonian conflation of mechanical energy and capitalist value extends to their attitude toward machinery.”

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