McLuhanian

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adjective

Of or relating to Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980), Canadian educator and philosopher, known for coining the expressions "the medium is the message" and "global village".

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Meanings

adjectiveMcLuhanian (comparative more McLuhanian, superlative most McLuhanian)

comparative more McLuhanian · superlative most McLuhanian

  1. Of or relating to Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980), Canadian educator and philosopher, known for coining the expressions "the medium is the message" and "global village".

    Psychoanalytic and neoanalytic egopsychology represents a subjectivist counterpoint to McLuhanian posthumanism, and indeed, Americana is written within the confluence of both psychoanalytic and McLuhanian schools of thought.

    2010, Randy Laist, Technology and Postmodern Subjectivity in Don DeLillo's Novels, Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 19

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
mcluhanist

Origin

From McLuhan + -ian.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “McLuhanian,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/McLuhanian.

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