erewhonian

erewhonian
\\|erə|(h) wänēən, -wōn-\ adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Erewhon (anagram of nowhere), fictitious land described in the utopian novel Erewhon (1872) by Samuel Butler died 1902 British writer + English -ian
: of or suggestive of the utopia described in the book Erewhon whose people dealt with disease as a crime and destroyed machinery lest machines destroy them

an Erewhonian fear of automation


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