anatreptic

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adjective

Rebutting; overthrowing; defeating; applied to Plato's refutative dialogues.

OriginAncient Greek ἀνατρέπω →
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Meanings

adjectiveanatreptic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableRebutting; overthrowing; defeating; applied to Plato's refutative dialogues.

    The Agonistic dialogues , supposed to resemble the combat , were either Endeictic, as exhibiting a specimen of skill , or Anatreptic, presenting the spectacle of a perfect defeat .

    1791, William Enfield, Johann Jakob Brucker, The History of Philosophy

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἀνατρέπω“overturn, upset, refute”
  2. Englishanatreptic

From Ancient Greek ἀνατρέπω (anatrépō, “overturn, upset, refute”).

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Translations

Portuguese anatréptico
  • anatrépticorebutting; refuting
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Chicago

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