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analectic

analectic adjective: relating to analects; made up of selections.

Adjective

analectic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to analects; made up of selections.
    • an analectic magazine
  2. In which there is recognition of otherness or alterity.
    • In other words, analectic is the context in which the other as other reveals himself / herself .1986, Listening - Volume 21, page 53
    • Such an objection misunderstands both the analectic method and the idea of alterity in Dussel . In the analectic moment , the one responding to the appeal or epiphany of the Other considers the Other not as an instrument or function within the lifeworld, but as a being for him or herself...2018, Frederick B. Mills, Enrique Dussel’s Ethics of Liberation: An Introduction, page 146

Origin of analectic

From analecta + -ic.

Words that rhyme with analectic

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Questions about analectic

What does analectic mean?
Analectic means relating to analects; made up of selections.
What part of speech is analectic?
Analectic is an adjective.

Words near analectic in the dictionary

  1. analcimes
  2. analcite
  3. analcites
  4. analcitic
  5. analecta
  6. analectic
  7. analects
  8. analed
  9. analemma
  10. analemmas
  11. analemmata

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