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Erewhonian, a. and n.|ɛrɪˈwəʊnɪən|
[f. Erewhon, title of a book (partial reversal of Nowhere) by Samuel Butler, published 1872 and describing a form of utopia: see -ian.]
A. adj. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of the book Erewhon, the utopia described in it, or the principles inculcated therein.
B. n. An inhabitant of Erewhon.
1897Daily News 16 June 5/2 The Erewhonian plan of counting disease as a crime. 1900Ibid. 10 Dec. 9/6 The Erewhonian Professors, Hanky and Panky. 1921Edin. Rev. July 28 The exhortation which persuaded Samuel Butler's Erewhonians to destroy all their machines. Ibid. 36 The Erewhonian policy of breaking up the machines is manifestly impossible in this country. 1927Observer 25 Sept. 16/6 The Erewhonian paradox of imprisoning the invalid is not wholly a barren one. a1930D. H. Lawrence Collier's Friday Night (1934) ii. 49 Beatrice:..But was it the Gypsy, or the Athletic Girl that does Botany? Ernest (shaking his head): No. It was an Erewhonian. 1954P. Capon Down to Earth iv. 68 The Antigeosians had an almost Erewhonian attitude to physical disabilities... Illness was not something that could be talked about without shame. |