bildungsroman

bil·dungs·ro·man

noun \ˈbil-du̇ŋ(k)s-rō-ˌmän, -du̇ŋz-\

Definition of BILDUNGSROMAN

: a novel about the moral and psychological growth of the main character

Origin of BILDUNGSROMAN

German, from Bildung education + Roman novel

First Known Use: 1910

Other Literature Terms

apophasis, bathos, bowdlerize, caesura, coda, doggerel, euphemism, poesy, prosody

Rhymes with BILDUNGSROMAN

abutilon, Agamemnon, anticodon, antiproton, archenteron, arrière-ban, asyndeton, automaton, Azerbaijan, Bellerophon, carrying-on, diazinon, dodecagon, emoticon, encephalon, get a move on, himation, interferon, kakiemon, keep an eye on, Laocoön, mesenteron, Michoacán, millimicron, oxymoron, phenomenon, protozoon, pteranodon, put the arm on, put the make on, rear echelon, Rostov-on-Don, Saskatchewan, septentrion, set one's heart on, set one's sights on, sine qua non, steal a march on, take it out on, Taklimakan, turn one's back on, Vientiane, wipe one's boots on, zero coupon, zooplankton