lionel trilling

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   United States literary critic (1905-1975)

   SynonymsTrilling

   Broaderliterary critic

Questions about lionel trilling

What does lionel trilling mean?

lionel trilling means "United States literary critic (1905-1975)".

What is another word for lionel trilling?

Close synonyms include Trilling. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lionel trilling a common word?

lionel trilling is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.