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anatreptic

anatreptic adjective: rebutting; overthrowing; defeating; applied to Plato's refutative dialogues.

Adjective

anatreptic (not comparable)

  1. Rebutting; 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 of anatreptic

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

Words formed from anatreptic

Questions about anatreptic

What does anatreptic mean?
Anatreptic means rebutting; overthrowing; defeating; applied to Plato's refutative dialogues.
What part of speech is anatreptic?
Anatreptic is an adjective.

Words near anatreptic in the dictionary

  1. anatoxic
  2. anatoxin
  3. anatoxinic
  4. anatoxins
  5. anatreme
  6. anatreptic
  7. anatreptically
  8. anatripsis
  9. anatripsology
  10. anatriptic
  11. anatron

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