epidictic

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adjective

Serving to explain; demonstrative.

OriginLatin epidicticus →
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Meanings

adjectiveepidictic (comparative more epidictic, superlative most epidictic)

comparative more epidictic · superlative most epidictic · alternative dated rare epidictical

  1. Serving to explain; demonstrative.

    Certainly, the background of argumentation along with its epidictic maintenance provides a good example of this kind of hegemony.

    2013, James Crosswhite, Deep Rhetoric: Philosophy, Reason, Violence, Justice, Wisdom

Origin

  1. Latinepidicticus
  2. Englishepidictic

From Latin epidicticus. See epideictic.

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APA

epidictic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epidictic

MLA

“epidictic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epidictic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “epidictic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epidictic.

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