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parenetic

parenetic adjective: relating to parenesis.

Adjective

parenetic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to parenesis.
  2. Exhibiting parenesis; hortatory; persuasive.

Words formed from parenetic

Questions about parenetic

What does parenetic mean?
Parenetic means relating to parenesis.
What part of speech is parenetic?
Parenetic is an adjective.

Words near parenetic in the dictionary

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

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