aphoristicity

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noun

The state, quality, or condition of being aphoristic

Scrabble 23

Meanings

nounaphoristicity (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state, quality, or condition of being aphoristic

    The antihumanistic spirit of the paper by G.Berkeley is combined with aphoristicity, subtle observations and killing precision of expression. “... By inconsistent supposition truth may be obtained, but not science though”,[…]

    2012 December 6, A.G. Kusraev, Semën Samsonovich Kutateladze, Nonstandard Methods of Analysis, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 9
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    Yukti - dipikā and Jayamangalā, theory of evolution is the notion of multiplicSāṁkhya - pravachana - sūtra (an aphoristicity of inefficient but necessary purushas. The work ascribed to KAPILA, and, on which outlook is thoroughly[…]

    1999, S. R. Sudarshan, Encyclopaedia of Indian Medicine, Popular Prakashan, →ISBN, page 181

    This was clearly imitative of Latin, and it was a long time before the developed vernaculars evolved a large range of aphorism. Europeans long preferred their dalliance with aphoristicity in Latin! Indeed, that is a principal reason why[…]

    2008, Shaping the Common Law: From Glanvill to Hale, 1188-1688, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 104

    Synonyms: aphoristicness

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe state, quality, or condition of being aphoristic

Origin

Translations

Polish aforystyczność
  • aforystycznośćTranslations
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