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dostoevsky
/ˌdɔˈstoʊvski/
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What does dostoevsky mean?
proper noun
- A transliteration of the Russian surname Достое́вский (Dostojévskij).
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/ˌdɔˈstoʊvski/
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Proscription on Galtonian lines would tend to eliminate many of the great geniuses of the world who were not only "Bohemian," but actually and pathologically abnormal--men like Rousseau, Dostoevsky, Chopin, Poe, Schumann, Nietzsche, Comte, Guy de Maupassant,--and how many others?