Meanings
adjectiveRashomonic (comparative more Rashomonic, superlative most Rashomonic)
comparative more Rashomonic · superlative most Rashomonic
- Involving multiple contradictory accounts.
Origin
After Akira Kurosawa's film Rashomon (1950), in which a crime witnessed by four individuals is described in four mutually contradictory ways; + -ic.
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APA
Rashomonic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rashomonic
MLA
“Rashomonic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rashomonic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Rashomonic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rashomonic.
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