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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD APOPHTHEGM

From Greek apophthegma, from apophthengesthai to speak one's opinion frankly, from phthengesthai to speak.
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PRONUNCIATION OF APOPHTHEGM

apophthegm  [ˈæpəˌθɛm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF APOPHTHEGM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Apophthegm is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES APOPHTHEGM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Adage

An adage is a short, usually philosophical, but memorable saying which holds some important fact of experience that is considered true by many people, or that has gained some credibility through its long memetic use. It often involves a planning failure such as "don't count your chickens before they hatch" or "don't burn your bridges". Adages may be interesting observations, practical or ethical guidelines, or skeptical comments on life. Some adages are products of folk wisdom that attempt to summarize some form of basic truth; these are generally known as proverbs or bywords. An adage that describes a general rule of conduct is a "maxim". A pithy expression that has not necessarily gained credit through long use, but is distinguished by particular depth or good style is an aphorism, while one distinguished by wit or irony is an epigram. Through overuse, an adage may become a cliché or truism, or be described as an "old saw." Adages coined in modernity are often given proper names and called "laws" in imitation of physical laws, or "principles".

Definition of apophthegm in the English dictionary

The definition of apophthegm in the dictionary is a short cryptic remark containing some general or generally accepted truth; maxim.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH APOPHTHEGM


apothegm
ˈæpəˌθɛm
apothem
ˈæpəˌθɛm
erathem
ˈɪərəˌθɛm
spelaeothem
ˌspiːlɪəˈθɛm
speleothem
ˌspiːlɪəˈθɛm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE APOPHTHEGM

apopemptic
apophasis
apophatic
apophlegmatic
apophony
apophthegmatic
apophthegmatist
apophthegmatize
apophyge
apophyllite
apophysate
apophyseal
apophyses
apophysial
apophysis
apoplast
apoplectic
apoplectical
apoplectically
apoplex

WORDS THAT END LIKE APOPHTHEGM

diaphragm
epiphragm
gm
iris diaphragm
new paradigm
paradigm
phlegm
syntagm

Synonyms and antonyms of apophthegm in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «apophthegm» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF APOPHTHEGM

Find out the translation of apophthegm to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of apophthegm from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «apophthegm» in English.

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apophthegm
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apophthegm
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apophthegm
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apophthegm
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apophthegm
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apophthegm
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apophthegm
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apophthegm
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Translator English - French

apophtegme
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Apophthegm
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apophthegm
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apophthegm
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apophthegm
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Apophthegm
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apophthegm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

apophthegm
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ऍफोथेगॅम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

özlü söz
70 millions of speakers

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apophthegm
65 millions of speakers

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apophthegm
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Translator English - Ukrainian

apophthegm
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Translator English - Romanian

apoftegmă
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apophthegm
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apophthegm
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apophthegm
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apophthegm
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Trends of use of apophthegm

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «APOPHTHEGM»

The term «apophthegm» is used very little and occupies the 161.605 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «APOPHTHEGM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about apophthegm

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «APOPHTHEGM»

Discover the use of apophthegm in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to apophthegm and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Motto, or Apophthegm, for every day in the year. Selected ...
MOTTO,, APOPHTHEGM, MAXIM, OR PROVERB, FOR EVERY DAY IN THE YÉAR, SELECTED BY WILLIAM C. BQBÆR, F.R.A.S. 1860. ÿristul : KERSLAKE : PARE - Srnnm. [fil 318111 0! TRANSLATION 15 RESEEYEDn] J .. PREFACE.
William Corbett BURDER, 1860
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“Honesty is the Best Policy”; an apophthegm submitted ...
Charles Wood Halifax (Viscount). _- -~_-. —_—__—-—_I_——-r—P 1. ' fil' -...n.-_. -. -- -- - i__i..- \- .-_-.. -_ “HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY”; AN APOPHTHEGM SUBMITTED (WITHOUT PERMISSION)
Charles Wood Halifax (Viscount), 1863
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Mercer Dictionary of the Bible
APOPHTHEGM APOSTLE/APOSTLESHIP As Bultmann uses the term, apophthegm refers to a unit consisting of both a saying of Jesus and its context, with the context being clearly secondary. The saying is compact, given in as concise a form ...
Watson E. Mills, Roger Aubrey Bullard, 1990
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James (Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament)
First Discourse: Faith and behavior (2:1–26) A. Part 1: Faith, favoritism, and law ( 2:1–13) [“brothers”; apophthegm] 1. Faith and favoritism (2:1–7) 2. Faith and law ( 2:8–13) B. Part 2: Faith and works (2:14–26) [“brothers”; apophthegm] IV.
Dan G. McCartney, 2009
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Synoptische Studien
Rather, we must conclude that they were from the beginning composed for this particular apophthegm where we now find them. Consequently, we cannot regard them as original sayings of Jesus. To be sure, as is clear from Bultmann's  ...
Hans Dieter Betz, 1992
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Patterns of Persuasion in the Gospels
The frontispiece of Bultrnann's analysis of the sayings and stories in the synoptic tradition was the apophthegm. Defining the apophthegms as “sayings of Jesus set in a brief context/27 Bultmann began to determine if the saying in a literary unit ...
Burton L. Mack, Vernon K. Robbins, 2008
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The Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, ...
360 Anabaptists, approach to Papists. i. 373 Anacbarfes, an Apophthegm of his. i. 5 1 4 Analogy, Cæsars Book thereof. i. 139 Analy ticks, what. i. 131 Anastafius Dicorus, his Age and Character. iii. 362 Anatomy, comparative, its Requisites and  ...
Francis Bacon, Peter Shaw, 1733
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The Routledge Encyclopedia of the Historical Jesus
In this classification, the term ''paradigm'' is used for what others refer to as chreia and apophthegm. In 1921 Rudolf Bultmann published his analysis of the forms in the Synoptic Gospels, Die Geschichte der synoptischen Tradition (English ...
Craig A. Evans, 2014
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Language Science and Language technology in Africa
distinction between the different categories that compose the sentential literature adage apophthegm, 'dictum', maxim andproverb' (Kwenzi-Mikala1996:1). He therefore replaced the original title of his book: Reaertoiredesprcverbesgabonais  ...
Steve Ndinga-Koumba-Binza, Sonja E Bosch, 2012
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Apophthegmatum libri I - V: Ordinis 4t. 4
an apophthegm (Apophth. [369]) and a proverb (Adag. 683).124 Naturally the genre of apophthegm is mentioned in section iv too: 'Quomodo paroemia differat ab iis, quae videntur illi confinia'. Here Adag. 683 figures again, being both an ...
Tineke ter Meer, 2010

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «APOPHTHEGM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term apophthegm is used in the context of the following news items.
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An affordable step toward true universality
Beyond its dwindling but still politically powerful defenders, no one really still buys the apophthegm about Canada's single-payer health-care ... «The Globe and Mail, Mar 15»
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Is there anything a gospel choir can't cheer up?
I am not entirely convinced by the bivalve mollusc argument, but the second half of his apophthegm makes perfect sense. Last week I was ... «Spectator.co.uk, Nov 14»
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Crossword roundup: are gnomes necessarily gnomic?
... kind of GNOME being a maxim, proverb, or – if you're a crossword setter in need of a particular sequence of consonants – an apophthegm. «The Guardian, Oct 14»
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Walter Benjamin: A Critical Life, by Howard Eiland and Michael W …
Benjamin had already written in 1919 on the apophthegm “character is destiny”, prescient of his own crossing of the French border into Portbou ... «Times Higher Education, Jan 14»
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Douglas Glover: Epigrams
Aphorism, epigram and apophthegm are words that refer to roughly the same set of constructs: short, witty statements built around at least one ... «National Post, Sep 13»
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REVIEW: Bombshells | Ensemble Theatre, Sydney
If ever the apophthegm “good things come in small packages” meant anything, Millerchip is the living proof of just how good those packages ... «Crikey, Mar 13»
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Refighting the Falklands War
"Comparing Kirkpatrick with Enders, it is difficult to improve on the apophthegm going the rounds of the State Department that whereas the latter ... «The National Interest Online, Dec 12»
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Religious pilgrimages: The hard slog that refreshes the soul
However, Santiago can disprove the apophthegm that it is better to travel hopefully than to arrive, for it is a delightful old city where rare lichens ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 10»
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Ride the White Pony for $4995!
Despite its precedence, the Pony exemplifies the easy to build, easy to finance apophthegm of the FAF, and like that car, possesses a very ... «Jalopnik, Apr 10»

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