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-{{Template}}+{{Template}}'''Auctorial descriptives''' are a series of [[adjective]]s based on authors' names, such as [[Borgesian]], [[Kafkaesque]], [[Brechtian]], [[Joycean]], [[Orwellian]], [[Pinteresque]], [[Sadistic]]/[[Sadism and masochism|Sadism]], [[Machiavellianism|Machiavellian]], and [[Draco (lawgiver)|Draconian]].
 +== See ==
 +[[List of eponymous adjectives in English]]
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Auctorial descriptives are a series of adjectives based on authors' names, such as Borgesian, Kafkaesque, Brechtian, Joycean, Orwellian, Pinteresque, Sadistic/Sadism, Machiavellian, and Draconian.

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List of eponymous adjectives in English



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