Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kubrickian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kubrick-ian
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999), influential American film director, writer, producer, and photographer, noted for his technical perfectionism.

adj

Characterized by meticulous perfectionism, mastery of the technical aspects of film-making, and atmospheric visual style in films across a range of genres.

Example Sentences

"There are some nice gags and sprightly Kubrickian touches, and one genuinely shocking scene when Evelyn fat-shames her daughter – an authentically upsetting moment of family dysfunction that seems to come from another film, one in a parallel universe."
"Even directors with more formal aesthetics—the Kubrickian perfectionist David Fincher and the interpersonal realist Noah Baumbach—did not make rote, familiar-feeling movies."

Etymology

From Kubrick + -ian.

Inflected Forms

more Kubrickian (comparative) most Kubrickian (superlative)

Questions

What does kubrickian mean?: Of or pertaining to Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999), influential American film director, writer, producer, and photographer, noted for his technical perfectionism.
Where does kubrickian come from?: From Kubrick + -ian.

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