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VIRGINIA WOOLF

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VIRGINIA WOOLF (noun)
  The noun VIRGINIA WOOLF has 1 sense:

1. English author whose work used such techniques as stream of consciousness and the interior monologue; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1882-1941)play

  Familiarity information: VIRGINIA WOOLF used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


VIRGINIA WOOLF (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

English author whose work used such techniques as stream of consciousness and the interior monologue; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1882-1941)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Adeline Virginia Stephen Woolf; Virginia Woolf; Woolf

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Holonyms ("Virginia Woolf" is a member of...):

Bloomsbury Group (an inner circle of writers and artists and philosophers who lived in or around Bloomsbury early in the 20th century and were noted for their unconventional lifestyles)


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