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- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀνατρέπω“overturn, upset, refute”
- English todayanatreptic
From Ancient Greek ἀνατρέπω (anatrépō, “overturn, upset, refute”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
anatreptic
Today it means: Rebutting; overthrowing; defeating; applied to Plato's refutative dialogues. Full definition →
Ancient Greek ἀνατρέπω