Meaning of Moreauvian | Babel Free

Definitions

Playing God, particularly in attempting to blur the distinction between humans and animals.

Examples

“The novel's most Frankensteinian or Moreauvian project is again an exercise in 'man-making', the engineering of a new strain of hominid, the Crakers.”

“While many scientists think human cloning is possible and inevitable, others think it is likely that human clones already exist, perhaps in hideous forms where they are studied on a Moreauvian island.”

“There were attractions based on the works of H.G. Wells - a laboratory where you could assemble your own Moreauvian pet, a simulator that let you grow to fifty-feet tall or five-centimeters short”

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