Gladwellian

English Etymology From en Gladwell ian. Adjective Of or relating to Malcolm Gladwell (born 1963), Canadian journalist, author, and speaker. en Tax Fairness and Folk Justice National Tax Journal June 2014 487 Sheffrin has written a book of Gladwellian sweep, one that synthesizes and translates large swaths of fascinating social science research, while also enlivening the analysis with engaging stories from the trenches of tax policy and public finance. en Leslye Headland 2015 w:Sleeping with Other People Jake: That is a tremendous amount of Malcolm Gladwellian logic jumps.Xander: Well you spent ten thousand hours fucking my life up, so bring Lainey to the party. en http://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/feb/01/high-tech-war-on-science The high-tech war on science fraud 2017-02-01 Stephen Buranyi The Guardian The idea that huge, intractable social issues such as sexism and racism could be affected in such simple ways had a powerful intuitive appeal, and hinted at the possibility of equally simple, elegant solutions. If anything united [Diederik] Stapel’s diverse interests, it was this Gladwellian bent. en eponyms