Apatovian

English Etymology en Apatow + en -ian, with 'w' hardened to 'v'; compare Shavian. Adjective ? en film In the style of filmmaker Judd Apatow. en 2008 David Denby The New Yorker https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=nboeAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Apatovian%22&dq=%22Apatovian%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zuuLVdLcGKbC7gam7oDgAw&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAw Overripe, Undernourished Segel, who may not have a third or fourth gear, plays Peter Bretter, a recognizable Apatovian hero: he thinks obsessively about sex, and at the same time he's an instinctively moral man. en 2011 David Fear Spin https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0wtKHa9tu6QC&pg=PA94&dq=%22Apatovian%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zuuLVdLcGKbC7gam7oDgAw&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22Apatovian%22&f=false You've Got Male Go for a comedy, and you end up with Apatovian beta males whose emotions are largely tied up in the diminishing value of their comic-book collections. en 2015 A.A. Dowd; The AV Club http://www.avclub.com/review/ted-2-gets-filthier-less-charming-221346 Ted 2 gets filthier but less charming Yet without the Apatovian arc of its predecessor, it also feels a bit like a regression—especially given its typical sequel strategy of undoing the hard work of the previous film. en eponyms