Jongian

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adjective

Of or pertaining to Erica Jong (born 1942), American author and teacher.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

adjectiveJongian (comparative more Jongian, superlative most Jongian)

comparative more Jongian · superlative most Jongian

  1. Of or pertaining to Erica Jong (born 1942), American author and teacher.

    Among the classic Jongian aphorisms is the simple assertion: "Women are not gentlemen."

    2002, Charlotte Templin, Conversations with Erica Jong
    2 more examples

    Consequently, one can relax and be vastly entertained by the Jongian heroine's merry pursuit of the "zipless fuck," […]

    1979, Enrique Hank Lopez, Eros and ethos

    It's not the fear of flying in the Jungian and not the Jongian sense, although that fear does make itself felt in the anticipatory phase of anyone's trip.

    1990, Samuel John Hazo, The rest is prose

Origin

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APA

Jongian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jongian

MLA

“Jongian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jongian. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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