Meaning of Frankenstein's monster | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A thing that is cobbled together from parts of other things.
   figuratively
2. The creature from Mary Shelley's novel.
3. A creation that overpowers or slips out of the control of its creator, often proceeding to turn on its creator or harm others.
   figuratively

Examples

“Like the English language, the eukaryote cell is a chimera, a Frankenstein's monster, assembled from bits and pieces of genetic information...”

“He is like a Frankenstein's monster in reverse: everything that is pretty is combined together to produce a perfect androgyne.”

“They created a Frankenstein's monster which they did not imagine could grow out of their control.”

“Somehow, the law does not always seem to serve those who created it, becoming at times a Frankenstein's monster of sorts.”

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