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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DOXOGRAPHER

From New Latin doxographus, from Greek doxa opinion, conjecture + graphos writer.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DOXOGRAPHER

doxographer  [ˌdɒksˈɒɡrəfə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DOXOGRAPHER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Doxographer 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 DOXOGRAPHER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Doxography

Doxography is a term used especially for the works of classical historians, describing the points of view of past philosophers and scientists. The term was coined by the German classical scholar Hermann Alexander Diels.

Definition of doxographer in the English dictionary

The definition of doxographer in the dictionary is a person who collects the opinions and conjectures of ancient Greek philosophers.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DOXOGRAPHER


autobiographer
ˌɔ:təʊbaɪˈɒɡrəfə
bibliographer
ˌbɪblɪˈɒɡrəfə
biographer
baɪˈɒɡrəfə
cardiographer
ˌkɑːdɪˈɒɡrəfə
choregrapher
ˌkɒrɪˈɒɡrəfə
choreographer
ˌkɒrɪˈɒɡrəfə
geographer
dʒɪˈɒɡrəfə
Hagiographa
ˌhæɡɪˈɒɡrəfə
hagiographer
ˌhæɡɪˈɒɡrəfə
heliographer
ˌhiːlɪˈɒɡrəfə
heresiographer
ˌhɛrəsɪˈɒɡrəfə
historiographer
hɪˌstɔːrɪˈɒɡrəfə
paleographer
ˌpælɪˈɒɡrəfə
paroemiographer
pəˌriːmɪˈɒɡrəfə
physiographer
ˌfɪzɪˈɒɡrəfə
phytogeographer
ˌfaɪtəʊdʒɪˈɒɡrəfə
radiographer
ˌreɪdɪˈɒɡrəfə
videographer
ˌvɪdɪˈɒɡrəfə
zoogeographer
ˌzəʊədʒɪˈɒɡrəfə
zoographer
zəʊˈɒɡrəfə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DOXOGRAPHER

dowsabel
dowse
dowser
dowsing
dowsing rod
Dowson
dowt
doxastic
doxie
doxies
doxographic
doxography
doxological
doxologically
doxologies
doxology
doxorubicin
doxy
doxycycline
doy

WORDS THAT END LIKE DOXOGRAPHER

calligrapher
cartographer
Christopher
cinematographer
cryptographer
demographer
ethnographer
lexicographer
lithographer
news photographer
oceanographer
photographer
pornographer
portrait photographer
press photographer
sonographer
stenographer
street photographer
topographer
typographer
wildlife photographer

Synonyms and antonyms of doxographer in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «doxographer» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DOXOGRAPHER

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

Translator English - Chinese

doxographer
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

doxógrafo
570 millions of speakers

English

doxographer
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

doxographer
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

doxographer
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

doxographer
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

doxógrafo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

doxographer
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

doxographer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pokogram
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

doxographer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

doxographer
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

doxographer
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Doxographer
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

doxographer
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

doxographer
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डॉक्सोग्राफर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

doxographer
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

doxographer
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

doxographer
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

doxographer
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

doxographer
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

δοξογράφος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

doxographer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

doxographer
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

doxographer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of doxographer

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DOXOGRAPHER»

The term «doxographer» is normally little used and occupies the 146.501 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DOXOGRAPHER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «doxographer» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «doxographer» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOXOGRAPHER»

Discover the use of doxographer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to doxographer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Aëtiana: the method and intellectual context of a ...
The theme of this study is the Doxography of problems in physics from the Presocratics to the early first century BCE attributed to Aëtius.
Jaap Mansfeld, David T. Runia, 2008
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Aatiana: The Method and Intellectual Context of a ...
This study investigates the methodology and tradition of AAtius' Doxography of physics and provides a full reconstruction of Book II as a single unified text.
Jaap Mansfeld, David T. Runia, 2009
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Ancient Histories of Medicine: Essays in Medical Doxography ...
It is clear, therefore, that the doxographer intends these doxai to be read as a contrasting pair. But at the same time a major difficulty of Aetius' doxographical method comes to the fore. Since the doxai are so tersely formulated, is it in fact ...
Philip J. Eijk, 1999
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Plato and the Stoics
But, of course, in Plato's longer version of the dictum, the kosmos is also visible and sensible, and as such it is a mere image of the intelligible realm. It is not implausible that a doxographer with a tendency to present truncated snippets simply ...
A. G. Long, 2013
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The Presocratics and the Supernatural: Magic, Philosophy and ...
Is this a doxographer's category or is it Anaximander's? Did a previous doxographer, then followed by Pseudo-Plutarch and Stobaeus, generate the category of 'on thunder, lightning, thunderbolts, hurricanes and typhoons' and then gather ...
Andrew Gregory, 2013
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Diocles of Carystus. 2. Commentary
It is dubious how much weight can be attached to this presentation, as it may well be the doxographer who, inspired by a perceived similarity of doctrine between Empedocles and Diocles, made this connection between Empedocles' view and  ...
Philip J. “van der” Eijk, 2001
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Aristotle, Plato and Pythagoreanism in the First Century BC: ...
The name the doxographer gives to these elements, 'fragments', provides no indication concerning their nature, whether geometrical or otherwise. (But see below my comment on the adjective 'homogeneous'.) However, as we have seen, the ...
Malcolm Schofield, 2013
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On Stoic and Peripatetic Ethics: The Work of Arius Didymus
CHAPTER 2 The Diaeretic Method and the Purpose of Arius' Doxography David E. Hahm The ethical doxography attributed to Arius Didymus raises many baffling questions about Arius' sources, method, and purpose as a doxographer.
William W. Fortenbaugh
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Philosophy and Its History: Issues in Philosophical ...
The Doxographer a. Life and Thought Doxographer b. Univocal Question Doxographer c. History of Ideas Doxographer B. Polemical Approaches 1. The Apologist 2. The Literary Critic 3. The Dilettante 4. The Idealist 5. The Problematicist 6.
Jorge J. E. Gracia, 1992
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Potamo of Alexandria and the Emergence of Eclecticism in ...
Mansfeld, J. and Runia, D. (1997) Aëtiana: The Method and Intellectual Context of a Doxographer i. Leiden. (2009) Aëtiana: The Method and Intellectual Context of a Doxographer ii. Leiden. (2010) Aëtiana: The Method and Intellectual Context  ...
Myrto Hatzimichali, 2011

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« EDUCALINGO. Doxographer [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/doxographer>. Apr 2024 ».
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