campbellian
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Relating to or reminiscent of American mythologist Joseph Campbell or his ideas, particularly the Hero's Journey.
adj
Of or relating to the ministers Thomas Campbell and Alexander Campbell, or the associated Campbellite movement.
adj
In the fictive style promoted by American writer and editor John W. Campbell, wherein humanity triumphs over alien intelligences through innate superiority, often with superhuman abilities such as telekinesis, ESP, etc.
Example Sentences
- "In fact, among some readers the term "Campbellian science fiction" is virtually synonymous with "Golden Age", so manifestly more rigorous were the authors Campbell developed than the majority of pulp writers before them."
- "It traces the growth of homo gestalt with the uniting of six lovely outcasts of society who have psi powers and come together as a hive mind, thus creating a gestalt super-being. This concept was pure Campbellian, yet Campbell was critical of the story - possibly out of petulance for not having published it."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
more Campbellian (comparative)
most Campbellian (superlative)