Frank·en·stein (fr ng k n-st n )n. 1. An agency or creation that slips from the control of and ultimately destroys its creator: "How can we keep the government we create from becoming a Frankenstein that will destroy the very freedom we establish it to protect?" (Milton Friedman). 2. A monster having the appearance of a man. [From Frankenstein, the creator of the artificial monster in Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.] |
Frankenstein [ˈfræŋkɪnˌstaɪn]
n
1. a person who creates something that brings about his ruin
2. Also called Frankenstein's monster a thing that destroys its creator
[after Baron Frankenstein, who created a destructive monster from parts of corpses in the novel by Mary Shelley (1818)]
Frankensteinian adj
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| Noun | 1. | Frankenstein - an agency that escapes control and destroys its creator agency - the state of being in action or exerting power; "the agency of providence"; "she has free agency" |
| 2. |  Frankenstein - the monster created by Frankenstein in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (the creator's name is commonly used to refer to his creation) | |
| 3. | Frankenstein - the fictional Swiss scientist who was the protagonist in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; he created a monster from parts of corpses |
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