plerophory
plerophory noun: fullness, especially of conviction or persuasion; the state of being fully persuaded.
Noun
plerophory (plural plerophories)
- Fullness, especially of conviction or persuasion; the state of being fully persuaded
- Massaging themselves into the plerophory that there must be something in the cocksure statements of the various movie executivesa. 1935, George Jean Nathan, "As One Critic to Another", in Passing Judgments: The Theatre World of George Jean Nathan, page 29
- "...my distrust and hatred of vehicles in motion is partly based on my plerophory that their apparent submission to control is illusory and that they may at their pleasure, and sooner or later will, act on whim."1938, Rex Stout, Some Buried Caesar
Examples of plerophory in a sentence
- And this, if I do not mistake, the Apostle means by the plerophory or full assurance of faith.1945, John Brazier Green, John Wesley and William Law, page 173:
- "... the advertising departments of all journals threatened falling revenues unless a note of sprightly plerophory were maintained".1953, John Wyndham, The Kraken Wakes, page 108:
Forms of plerophory
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Questions about plerophory
- What does plerophory mean?
- Plerophory means fullness, especially of conviction or persuasion; the state of being fully persuaded.
- How do you use plerophory in a sentence?
- And this, if I do not mistake, the Apostle means by the plerophory or full assurance of faith.
- What part of speech is plerophory?
- Plerophory is a noun.
- What is the plural of plerophory?
- The plural of plerophory is plerophories.
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