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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