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Frankenstein

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Frank·en·stein  (frngkn-stn)
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
Noun
a creation or monster that brings disaster and is beyond the control of its creator Also called: (Frankenstein's monster) [after Baron Frankenstein, who created a monster from parts of corpses in the novel by Mary Shelley]
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Noun1.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.FrankensteinFrankenstein - 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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I had sat in that very conning-tower and directed the efforts of the sweating crew below when first her prow clove the sunny summer waters of the Pacific; and now this creature of my brain and hand had turned Frankenstein, bent upon pursuing me to my death.
 
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