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1. An agency that escapes control and destroys its creator
    
2. The monster created by Frankenstein in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (the creator's name is commonly used to refer to his creation)
   - Frankenstein's monster
    
3. The fictional Swiss scientist who was the protagonist in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; he created a monster from parts of corpses

Derived forms: Frankensteins

Type of: agency, character, fictional character, fictitious character

Encyclopedia: Frankenstein, Rhineland-Palatinate Frankenstein, Missouri Frankenstein Frankenstein, or the Model Man Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus Frankenstein, or the Vampire's Victim Frankenstein, Saxony Frankenstein, or The Model Man Frankenstein, or The Vampire's Victim