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Noun: Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov
  1. A fictional character in Dostoevsky's novel 'Crime and Punishment'; he kills old women because he believes he is beyond the bounds of good or evil
    - Raskolnikov, Rodya Raskolnikov

Type of: character, fictional character, fictitious character

Encyclopedia: Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov