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From Chernyshevsky + -an.
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Today it means: Of or relating to Nikolay Chernyshevsky (Russian: Никола́й ́Черныше́вский; 1828–1889), a Russian revolutionary democrat, materialist philosopher, critic, and socialist. Full definition →
From Chernyshevsky + -an.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.