Definition of Goethean

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or in the manner of Goethe.

Exact synonyms: Goethian
Partainyms: Goethe, Goethe
Derivative terms: Goethe, Goethe

Definition of Goethean

1. Adjective. Of or relating to Johann Wolfgang Goethe, a German writer and thinker. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Goethean

Godwinian
Godwottery
Godzilla
Godzillas
Godzone
Goebbels
Goebbelsian
Goeckerman
Goeckerman treatment
Goemai
Goering
Goeteborg
Goethals
Goethe
Goethe's bone
Goethean
Goethian
Gofman
Gofman test
Gog
Gogarene
Goggia
Goggia's sign
Goggin
Gogh
Gogol
Gogolesque
Gogolian
Goguryeo
Goidel

Literary usage of Goethean

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Friedrich Schlegel and Goethe, 1790-1802 by John William Scholl (1906)
"... however, is the insistence upon goethean culture of the individual as an essential element of religion. <y. Lucinde. Yet another product belongs to the ..."

2. American Religion by John Weiss (1871)
"But he is not simply Immanence, because he is goethean. ... Goethe entertains the divine mind in goethean fashion, and becomes thus a condition of its ..."

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