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epidictic

epidictic adjective: serving to explain; demonstrative.

Adjective

epidictic (comparative more epidictic, superlative most epidictic)

  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

Forms of epidictic

comparativemore epidictic
superlativemost epidictic
alternative form (dated, rare)epidictical

Origin of epidictic

From Latin epidicticus. See epideictic.

Questions about epidictic

What does epidictic mean?
Epidictic means serving to explain; demonstrative.
What part of speech is epidictic?
Epidictic is an adjective.

Words near epidictic in the dictionary

  1. epidermotropism
  2. epidermous
  3. epiderms
  4. epidiascope
  5. epidiascopes
  6. epidictic
  7. epidictical
  8. epididymal
  9. epididymally
  10. epididymectomies
  11. epididymectomy

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