Dr. Strangelove
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Dr. Strangelove
After a character in a movie of the same name (1963) by U.S. director Stanley Kubrick
Example Sentences
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“In the 17th, 18th century, the Antichrist would have been a Dr. Strangelove, a scientist who did all this sort of evil crazy science,” Thiel said, according to the Washington Post.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025
The underlying question, when it comes to fluoridation, is whether the kooky claims about "bodily fluids" lampooned by Stanley Kubrick in "Dr. Strangelove" bear any relationship to the more sober assertions from scientists.
From Salon • Aug. 27, 2024
“He was like Dr. Strangelove meets Adolf Hitler,” she recalled.
From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2023
The film makes him into Dr. Strangelove meets Elon Musk, an erratic pharma bro entrepreneur.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2022
Kaplan, an MIT PhD and longtime writer for Slate, is also the author of “The Wizards of Armageddon,” published in 1983, a classic study of defense intellectuals of the Dr. Strangelove variety.
From Washington Post • Jan. 30, 2020
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