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Adamic

American  
[uh-dam-ik, ad-uh-mik] / əˈdæm ɪk, ˈæd ə mɪk /
Also Adamical

adjective

  1. pertaining to or suggestive of Adam.


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Etymology

Origin of Adamic

First recorded in 1650–60; Adam + -ic

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Adamic mentioned the conviction among Angelenos that their city “will ultimately — perhaps within the next three or four decades — be the biggest city in the world.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2025

Per has, in effect, been exiled from Eden, for the Adamic sin of stealing apples.

From The New Yorker Oct. 14, 2019

Apple engineer Steve Salika, 55, and his wife, Diana Adamic, 60, went on the trip with their daughter Tia Salika to celebrate the teen’s 17th birthday.

From Seattle Times Sep. 6, 2019

Apple engineer Steve Salika and his wife, Diana Adamic, went on the trip with their daughter Tia Salika to celebrate the teen’s 17th birthday.

From Washington Times Sep. 5, 2019

Thus it would seem that what Mr. Harris is attempting at Brocton is, to realize on a large scale the experience of Swedenborg, and reproduce the Adamic church.

From History of American Socialisms by Noyes, John Humphrey

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