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RODYA RASKOLNIKOV

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Overview

RODYA RASKOLNIKOV (noun)
  The noun RODYA RASKOLNIKOV has 1 sense:

1. a fictional character in Dostoevsky's novel 'Crime and Punishment'; he kills old women because he believes he is beyond the bounds of good or evilplay

  Familiarity information: RODYA RASKOLNIKOV used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


RODYA RASKOLNIKOV (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A fictional character in Dostoevsky's novel 'Crime and Punishment'; he kills old women because he believes he is beyond the bounds of good or evil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Raskolnikov; Rodya Raskolnikov

Instance hypernyms:

character; fictional character; fictitious character (an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story))


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