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noun
A genre of adventure fiction where a hero is stranded alone on a desert island and has to survive with their own wits.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of robinsonade.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Borrowed from German Robinsonade, analyzable in English as Robinson + -ade, named after fictional character Robinson Crusoe, from Daniel Defoe’s 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe.
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