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Snovian, a.|ˈsnəʊvɪən|
[f. the name of the English writer Charles Percy Snow (1905–80), on the model of Shavian a. and n., etc.]
Of or pertaining to the writings or ideas of C. P. Snow. Hence ˈSnovianism, the beliefs or theories of C. P. Snow.
1966Listener 19 May 733/1 This twinkling dancing life and soul of these almost edible pages is also one of the Snovian Olympians. Ibid., Nothing could be more depressing than this total acceptance of the doctrines of Snovianism, even down to the use of the term mana and the reluctance to take seriously anyone below the rank of knight bachelor. 1969Observer 17 Aug. 21/2 The attack on scientific rationalism..first appears in a paper on the Snovian conception of the Two Cultures. 1977P. Johnson Enemies of Society xii. 163 The United Kingdom, compared with other..countries..had (in 1964) ‘the greatest concentration on science and technology in higher education and the biggest proportion of qualified scientists and technologists..in relation to population and labour-force’—the exact opposite of the conventional Snovian thesis. |