anatreptic

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English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνατρέπω (anatrépō, overturn, upset, refute).

Adjective

anatreptic (not comparable)

  1. rebutting; overthrowing; defeating; applied to Plato's refutative dialogues.
    • 1791, William Enfield, Johann Jakob Brucker, The History of Philosophy:
      The Agonistic dialogues , supposed to resemble the combat , were either Endeictic, as exhibiting a specimen of skill , or Anatreptic, presenting the spectacle of a perfect defeat .

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anatreptic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.