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noun or Bildungsroman
- Novel tracing the spiritual, moral, psychological, or social development and growth of the main character usually from childhood to maturity.
Etymology: From Bildung, "formation", from bildunge, from bildunga, from bilidon, "to shape", from bilodi, "form, shape" + Roman, novel, from , roman, "novel", hence "novel of education" or "novel of formation".
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