Tolstoyan
Sweepingly Russian-literary
Tolstoyan describes ideas, works, or qualities associated with Leo Tolstoy, the Russian novelist.
It can refer to his literary style—sweeping narratives with psychological depth and moral weight, as in *War and Peace* or *Anna Karenina*: The novel has a Tolstoyan scope.
It also applies to his later philosophy of nonviolent resistance, simple living, and Christian anarchism, which influenced Gandhi and others: a Tolstoyan commitment to pacifism.
A Tolstoyan is someone who follows these principles.
Opposing states of nations
- Russian novelFiction from that vast nation
- epicImpressively grand in scope
- realismAccepting things as they are
- 19th centuryThe eighteen hundreds
Anna Karenina · psychological · narrative · prose · aristocracy · peasantry · serfdom · verisimilitude
Principled rejection of force
- nonresistanceRefusal to oppose force
- conscientious objectionMoral refusal to fight
- antimilitarismOpposition to armed forces
- war resistanceOpposition to armed conflict
Gandhi · satyagraha · civil disobedience · Quaker · peaceful resistance · non-aggression · turn the other cheek · passive resistance
Intended to instruct
- preachyExcessively moralizing in tone
- sermonizingLecturing on morals
- righteousMorally good, justified
- principledHaving strong moral beliefs
virtuous · ascetic · puritanical · judgmental · dogmatic · ethical · conscientious · self-denial
Doctrine valuing farm life
- simple livingIntentional reduction of consumption
- manual laborWork done bodily
- peasant lifeAgricultural laborer's daily reality
- land reformRedistributing agricultural holdings
commune · back-to-the-land · self-sufficiency · vegetarianism · teetotalism · cooperative farming · anti-materialism · plain dress
Study of right conduct
- determinismDoctrine of causal necessity
- free willAutonomous choice capacity
- deathCessation of life
- meaning of lifeUltimate existential purpose
spiritual crisis · conversion · truth-seeking · rationalism · simplicity · renunciation · existential · metaphysical
Scrutiny of one's thoughts
- soul-searchingProbing one's innermost feelings
- contemplativeInclined to deep thought
- reflectiveCasting back light
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
inner life · self-scrutiny · self-questioning · meditative · pensive · self-aware · psychological depth · interior monologue
War and Peace
Opposing states of nations
- Russian novelFiction from that vast nation
- epicImpressively grand in scope
- realismAccepting things as they are
Anna Karenina · 19th century · psychological · narrative · prose · aristocracy · peasantry · serfdom · verisimilitude · descriptive
nonviolence
Principled rejection of force
- nonresistanceRefusal to oppose force
- conscientious objectionMoral refusal to fight
- antimilitarismOpposition to armed forces
war resistance · Gandhi · satyagraha · civil disobedience · Quaker · peaceful resistance · non-aggression · turn the other cheek · passive resistance · peace movement
didactic
Intended to instruct
- preachyExcessively moralizing in tone
- sermonizingLecturing on morals
- righteousMorally good, justified
principled · virtuous · ascetic · puritanical · judgmental · dogmatic · ethical · conscientious · self-denial · zealous
agrarianism
Doctrine valuing farm life
- simple livingIntentional reduction of consumption
- manual laborWork done bodily
- peasant lifeAgricultural laborer's daily reality
land reform · commune · back-to-the-land · self-sufficiency · vegetarianism · teetotalism · cooperative farming · anti-materialism · plain dress
moral philosophy
Study of right conduct
- determinismDoctrine of causal necessity
- free willAutonomous choice capacity
- deathCessation of life
meaning of life · spiritual crisis · conversion · truth-seeking · rationalism · simplicity · renunciation · existential · metaphysical · skepticism
self-examination
Scrutiny of one's thoughts
- soul-searchingProbing one's innermost feelings
- contemplativeInclined to deep thought
- reflectiveCasting back light
confession · inner life · self-scrutiny · self-questioning · meditative · pensive · self-aware · psychological depth · interior monologue · self-analysis
Tolstoyanminimalist
One favoring bare essentials
spare · Hemingwayesque · economical · compressed · laconic
Tolstoyannihilistic
Rejecting meaningful existence
Nietzschean · cynical · Kafkaesque · absurdist · misanthropic
TolstoyanJoycean
Relating to a Dublin modernist
modernist · postmodern · experimental · fragmented · stream-of-consciousness