proustian

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Pronunciation

/ˈpɹuːstɪ.ən/ (UK)

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/ˈpɹuːstɪ.ən/ (UK) · /ˈpɹusti.ən/ (US)

Definition of proustian

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

Of, pertaining to, or reminiscent of Marcel Proust (1871–1922), French novelist, or his works.

“The character played by French female lead Lea Seydoux is even called Madeleine Swann, a name whose Proustian double resonance can only be deliberate.”

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adj

Of, pertaining to, or reminiscent of Marcel Proust (1871–1922), French novelist, or his works.

“The character played by French female lead Lea Seydoux is even called Madeleine Swann, a name whose Proustian double resonance can only be deliberate.”
Derived from personal memory, as it often happens in the works of Proust (for example, in the experience of the madeleine).

“D'Costa's poems so far published also reverberate with an awareness of the past, and a gently Proustian pleasure, as in the elegiac “In Memorandum”.”

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From French Proust + -ian.

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