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Jongian

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English

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Etymology

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From Jong +‎ -ian.

Adjective

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Jongian (comparative more Jongian, superlative most Jongian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Erica Jong (born 1942), American author and teacher.
    • 1979, Enrique Hank Lopez, Eros and ethos:
      Consequently, one can relax and be vastly entertained by the Jongian heroine's merry pursuit of the "zipless fuck," []
    • 1990, Samuel John Hazo, The rest is prose:
      It's not the fear of flying in the Jungian and not the Jongian sense, although that fear does make itself felt in the anticipatory phase of anyone's trip.
    • 2002, Charlotte Templin, Conversations with Erica Jong:
      Among the classic Jongian aphorisms is the simple assertion: "Women are not gentlemen."