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epagogic

epagogic adjective: inductive.

Adjective

epagogic (comparative more epagogic, superlative most epagogic)

  1. inductive
    • Based on the employment of epagogic arguments in these various Socratic writings , in conjunction with Aristotle's testimony , I infer that epagogic argumentation was a feature of Socrates ' dialectic .2020, David Conan Wolfsdorf, Early Greek Ethics

Forms of epagogic

comparativemore epagogic
superlativemost epagogic

Origin of epagogic

From epagoge + -ic.

Questions about epagogic

What does epagogic mean?
Epagogic means inductive.
What part of speech is epagogic?
Epagogic is an adjective.

Words near epagogic in the dictionary

  1. epact
  2. epactal
  3. epacts
  4. epaenetic
  5. epagoge
  6. epagogic
  7. epagomena
  8. epagomenal
  9. epagomenic
  10. epainetic
  11. epaleaceous

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