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thumotic

thumotic is the alternative form of thymotic.

Meaning of thymotic

Adjective

thymotic (not comparable)

  1. Of, related to, or derived from thymotic acid or thymol.
    • As thymotic acid is extremely difficult to obtain, it was found advisable to follow the method of Claus and Krause (J. p. Chem., 1891, [ii], 43, 347), and to prepare 2-bromothymol by decomposing 2-bromothymol-6-sulphonic acid with hydrochloric acid in a sealed tube […]1908, Philip Wilfred Robertson, “Orthobromophenols and some bromonitrophenols”, in Journal of the Chemical Society, volume 93, page 788
  2. Of, of related to the thymos.
    • The truth of humanity, in other words, has arisen from conflicts that are essentially 'thymotic', that is, concerned with the conditions of ethical, political, and moral recognition.2013, Ross Abbinnett, Politics of Happiness: Connecting the Philosophical Ideas of Hegel, Nietzsche and Derrida to the Political Ideologies of Happiness

Questions about thumotic

What is thumotic the alternative form of?
Thumotic is the alternative form of thymotic.

Words near thumotic in the dictionary

  1. Thumleima
  2. Thumma
  3. Thummas
  4. thumoi
  5. thumos
  6. thumotic
  7. thump
  8. thump-cushion
  9. thump-cushions
  10. thump-thump
  11. thump-thumps

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