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parenesis

parenesis noun: exhortation.

Noun

parenesis (usually uncountable, plural pareneses)

  1. (rhetoric, usually) exhortation

Forms of parenesis

pluralpareneses
alternative formparainesis
alternative formparaenesis
alternative formparænesis

Origin of parenesis

From Ancient Greek παραίνεσις (paraínesis, “exhortation, address”).

Questions about parenesis

What does parenesis mean?
Parenesis means exhortation.
What part of speech is parenesis?
Parenesis is a noun.
What is the plural of parenesis?
The plural of parenesis is pareneses.

Words near parenesis in the dictionary

  1. parenchymes
  2. parenchymous
  3. parenchyms
  4. parenclitic
  5. pareneses
  6. parenesis
  7. parenetic
  8. parenetical
  9. parenetically
  10. parengo
  11. Parenica

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