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  • glad-well-ian -adjective

    - having properties or qualities that are like those described in books by Malcolm Gladwell.

    December 11, 2006

  • Malcolm Gladwell’s elegant and wildly popular theories about modern life have turned his name into an adjective—Gladwellian! But in his new book, he seeks to undercut the cult of success, including his own, by explaining how little control we have over it.

    quoted from Jason Zengerle

    November 12, 2008

  • possibly suggested by orwellian?

    December 6, 2008

  • noun - An admirer of the works and ideas of Malcolm Gladwell

    June 23, 2009

  • Malcolm Gladwell’s elegant and wildly popular theories...

    June 24, 2009