protreptic

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Pronunciation

/pɹəʊˈtɹɛptɪk/(UK)

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/pɹəʊˈtɹɛptɪk/(UK) · /pɹoʊˈtɹɛptɪk/

Definition of protreptic

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

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.”

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adj

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.”

noun

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

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