Tolstoyan

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adjective

Tol·​stoy·​an

variants or less commonly Tolstoian

ˈtȯlzˌtȯiən 

ˈtäl-, 

ˈtōl-, 

-lˌst-, 

⸗ˈ⸗⸗

: of, relating to, or characteristic of Tolstoi or his writings

Tolstoyan

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noun

variants or less commonly Tolstoian

"

plural -s

: a follower of Tolstoi, his philosophy of art, or his religious and moral doctrines

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Count Leviticus (Leo) Nikolaevich Tolstoy (Tolstoi) †1910 Russian novelist and religious philosopher + English -an

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