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HITCHCOCKIAN [2 records]

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Record 1 2010-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Neology and Linguistic Borrowing
DEF

Of or pertaining to Hitler; characterized by Hitler.

CONT

But Saddam does seem to share one Hitlerian trait identified by British historian Alan Bullock: he is "consumed (by) the will to power in its crudest and purest form ... power and domination for its own sake," to be expanded without limit.

OBS

This is a neologism by derivation. The affixation of the suffix-ian to the proper name ’Hitler’ creates this neologism. As is the case with the neologism ’Hitchcockian’, there is a change of grammatical category where the proper noun ’Hitler’ becomes the adjective ’Hitlerian’.

OBS

In the Oxford English Dictionary (1989 ed., Vol. 7), the suffix -ian means "of or belonging to" (p. 593).

OBS

Adolf Hitler, Nazi dictator of Germany, born in Austria 1889-1945.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Néologie et emprunts

Spanish

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Record 2 1991-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Neology and Linguistic Borrowing
DEF

Of or pertaining to Hitchcock; characterized by Hitchcock.

CONT

In this horrifying ’Silence of the Lambs’, director Jonathan Demme straddles the old and the new, taking a gruesome plot and filming it with Hitchcockian discretion and taste.

OBS

This is a neologism by derivation. The affixation of the suffix-ian to the proper name ’Hitchcock’ creates the neologism ’Hitchcockian’. Through this affixation, a change of grammatical category occurred whereby the noun ’Hitchcock’ became an adjective ’Hitchcockian’.

OBS

In the Oxford English Dictionary (1989 ed., Vol. 7), the suffix -ian means "of or belonging to" (p. 593).

OBS

Sir Alfred Hitchcock, 1899-1980, U.S. film and television director and producer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Néologie et emprunts

Spanish

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