Chekhovian

English

Etymology

From Chekhov +‎ -ian.

Adjective

Chekhovian (comparative more Chekhovian, superlative most Chekhovian)

1. Of or pertaining to Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) or his writings.
   • 2016, Nigel Purse, Tom Stoppard’s Plays: Patterns of Plenitude and Parsimony, BRILL, →ISBN, page 537:

     The structure of society in which the wealthy intelligentsia are sustained by armies of serfs and pontificate over the politics of Tsarist Russia only serves to reinforce the Chekhovian imagery.

Translations

of or pertaining to Chekhov

French: tchékhovien (fr) Hungarian: csehovi (hu)