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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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What does Frankenstein mean?
I often come across this word Frankenstein. Newsweek recently used the term jihadi Frankensteins. What does Frankenstein mean?
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Frankenstein = a person who creates a monster or a destructive agency that cannot be controlled or that brings about the creator's ruin. Also called ' Frankenstein monster': the monster or destructive agency itself. Origin: 1830–40; after a character in Mary Shelley's novel of the same name (1818)
- Frankenstein = a person who creates a monster or a destructive agency that cannot be controlled or that brings about the creator's ruin.
- Also called ' Frankenstein monster': the monster or destructive agency itself.
- Origin: 1830–40; after a character in Mary Shelley's novel of the same name (1818)
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