Zweigian

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adjective

Of or relating to Austrian writer Stefan Zweig (1881–1942).

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Meanings

adjectiveZweigian (comparative more Zweigian, superlative most Zweigian)

comparative more Zweigian · superlative most Zweigian

  1. Of or relating to Austrian writer Stefan Zweig (1881–1942).

    It is a strange performance, the clash of callow self-certainty with a certain innate modesty, resolved in a (typically Zweigian) stance of passivity and helplessness and evasion (‘probably’).

    2010 January 28, Michael Hofmann, “Vermicular Dither”, in London Review of Books, volume 32, number 02, →ISSN

Origin

From Zweig + -ian.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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