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protreptic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /pɹəʊˈtɹɛptɪk/ (UK)
• /pɹoʊˈtɹɛptɪk/ (General-American)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek προτρεπτικός (protreptikós, “hortatory”), from προτρέπω (protrépō, “to urge on”).

Meanings

1. Serving to instruct; didactic.
   • A protreptic discourse for beginners, no matter what the stage of Plato's development when he wrote it, would contain much elementary matter and would certainly not reveal his most profound thought. 1930, Dorothy Tarrant, “The Hippias Major Attributed to Plato (Book Review)”, in The Classical Journal, volume 25:

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protreptical

protreptic en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /pɹəʊˈtɹɛptɪk/ (UK)
• /pɹoʊˈtɹɛptɪk/ (General-American)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek προτρεπτικός (protreptikós, “hortatory”), from προτρέπω (protrépō, “to urge on”).

Meanings

1. A didactic speech, book, etc.

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