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alethetic

alethetic adjective: not lethetic, reflecting reality, often indirectly, as in allegory.

Adjective

alethetic (comparative more alethetic, superlative most alethetic)

  1. Not lethetic, reflecting reality, often indirectly, as in allegory.

Forms of alethetic

comparativemore alethetic
superlativemost alethetic

Origin of alethetic

From a- + lethetic.

Questions about alethetic

What does alethetic mean?
Alethetic means not lethetic, reflecting reality, often indirectly, as in allegory.
What part of speech is alethetic?
Alethetic is an adjective.

Words near alethetic in the dictionary

  1. alete
  2. Aletha
  3. alethe
  4. Alethea
  5. alethes
  6. alethetic
  7. alethic
  8. alethical
  9. alethically
  10. alethinophidian
  11. alethinophidians

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