Dictionary

aphoristic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /æfəˈɹɪstɪk/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀφορῐστικος (aphorĭstikos), equivalent to aphorist + -ic.

Meanings

1. Of, relating to, or containing aphorisms, epigrams, or maxims; gnomic.
   • Hess was the first writer to express certain ideas which proved especially important in the history of Marxism, even though in his works they appear only in a generalized and aphoristic form. 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 113:
   • Over and above all this, the method of the book is aphoristic; and, as might be expected from that method, without a plan; […] 1823, Thomas De Quincey, “Letters to a Young Man whose Education has been Neglected. Letter II.”, in Letters to a Young Man whose Education has been Neglected; and Other Papers (De Quincey’s Works; XIV), London: James Hogg & Sons, published 1860, →OCLC, page 35:

Forms

Deriveds

aphoristicity · aphoristically · aphoristicness

Translations (11)

ru афористи́чный (of, relating to, or containing aphorisms) · it aforistico (of, relating to, or containing aphorisms) · es aforístico (of, relating to, or containing aphorisms) · gl aforístico (of, relating to, or containing aphorisms) · ca aforístic (of, relating to, or containing aphorisms) · de aphoristisch (of, relating to, or containing aphorisms) · pt aforístico (of, relating to, or containing aphorisms) · pl aforystyczny (of, relating to, or containing aphorisms) · fi aforistinen (of, relating to, or containing aphorisms) · pl aforyzmowy (of, relating to, or containing aphorisms) · cs aforistický (of, relating to, or containing aphorisms)