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