"Pokémonesque" meaning in All languages combined

See Pokémonesque on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more Pokémonesque [comparative], most Pokémonesque [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} Pokémonesque (comparative more Pokémonesque, superlative most Pokémonesque)
  1. Alternative form of Pokémon-esque. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Pokémon-esque
    Sense id: en-Pokémonesque-en-adj--m0VM8h1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "2001, ArtNexus, page 51:",
          "text": "The biennial’s skepticism about contemporary commodity culture greeted visitors to el Morro (a colonial-era castle that served as one of the main exhibition sites) in the form of Nadin Ospina’s (Colombia) giant yellow inflatable El paseante, whose Pokémonesque shape made a hilarious echo of the castle’s own contour.",
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          "ref": "2001 Christmas, Jonathan Davies, “Jurassic Park III: Park Builder”, in Advance, number 01, page 90:",
          "text": "Ultimately, then, it’s left to the Pokémonesque discovery and nurturing of dinosaurs to maintain one’s interest.",
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          "ref": "2002 January, Stephen Brown, “There’s Something About Harry”, in Journal of Marketing, page 127, column 2:",
          "text": "Consumption-rich anniversaries and holidays are equally evocatively described[…], as are personal selling[…], promotional gimmicks[…], the cheesy correspondence courses found in the small-ads pages of tabloid newspapers[…], and, of all things, Harry Potter-ish marketing crazes (Hogwarts pupils collect Pokémonesque wizard cards, which are swapped and traded incessantly).",
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        {
          "ref": "2002 October, Joe Rybicki, “Road Trip”, in Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine, number 61, page 150, column 3:",
          "text": "The truth is, the hundreds of different items available in Road Trip could easily give birth to a Pokémonesque collect-’em-all obsession.",
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        {
          "ref": "2007 December, George S., “Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker”, in Nintendo Power, number 222, page 86, column 2:",
          "text": "And not only do his monsters align themselves to a Pokémonesque “rock, paper, scissors” circle of dominance, but two monsters can mate to make a third variety (as they do in the Pokémon titles).",
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          "ref": "2020, Jean Vernon, The Secret Lives of Garden Bees, Pen and Sword White Owl, →ISBN, page 75:",
          "text": "Make your own bee Pokémonesque game using bee identification cards, giving them points for every bee they spot and identify.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2023, Seoyoung Kim, DeFi For Dummies®, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, page 123:",
          "text": "Other so-called metaverses, such as Axie Infinity, are even further from the Second Life model, with a clearly defined mission to collect, breed, and battle digital pets in Pokémonesque fashion",
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