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PRONUNCIATION OF EPIDICTIC

epidictic  [ˌɛpɪˈdɪktɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EPIDICTIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Epidictic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EPIDICTIC


amphimictic
ˌæmfɪˈmɪktɪk
anaptyctic
ˌænæpˈtɪktɪk
Antarctic
æntˈɑːktɪk
apodeictic
ˌæpəˈdaɪktɪk
apodictic
ˌæpəˈdɪktɪk
apomictic
ˌæpəˈmɪktɪk
arctic
ˈɑːktɪk
chiropractic
ˌkaɪrəˈpræktɪk
deictic
ˈdaɪktɪk
didactic
dɪˈdæktɪk
eclectic
ɪˈklɛktɪk
endeictic
enˈdaɪktɪk
epideictic
ˌɛpɪˈdaɪktɪk
galactic
ɡəˈlæktɪk
hectic
ˈhɛktɪk
intergalactic
ˌɪntəɡəˈlæktɪk
lactic
ˈlæktɪk
panmictic
pænˈmɪktɪk
practic
ˈpræktɪk
tactic
ˈtæktɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EPIDICTIC

epidemiologist
epidemiology
epidendrone
epidendrum
epidermal
epidermic
epidermis
epidermoid
epidermolysis bullosa
epidiascope
epididymal
epididymides
epididymis
epididymitis
epidiorite
epidosite
epidote
epidotic
epidotisation
epidotised

WORDS THAT END LIKE EPIDICTIC

anaphylactic
anorectic
anticlimactic
apoplectic
chemotactic
climactic
dialectic
eutectic
extragalactic
High Arctic
isotactic
malolactic
Palaearctic
smectic
stereotactic
subantarctic
subarctic
syntactic
the Antarctic
the Arctic

Synonyms and antonyms of epidictic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «epidictic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EPIDICTIC

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

Translator English - Chinese

epidictic
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

epidíctico
570 millions of speakers

English

epidictic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

epidictic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

epidictic
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

epidictic
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

epidictic
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

epidictic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

épidictique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Epidiktik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

epidictic
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

epidictic
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

epidictic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Epidiki
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

epidictic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

epidictic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पारदर्शी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

epidictic
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

epidictic
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

epidictic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

epidictic
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

epidictic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

epidictic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

epidictic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

epidictic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

epidictic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of epidictic

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EPIDICTIC»

The term «epidictic» is normally little used and occupies the 121.044 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EPIDICTIC» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EPIDICTIC»

Discover the use of epidictic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to epidictic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Guide to the Code of Ethics for Nurses: Interpretation and ...
Unfortunately, epidictic has no synonym in the English language. Epidictic discourse refers to that kind of speech that reaffirms and reinforces the values that the community itself embraces, especially when they are confronted by competing ...
Marsha Diane Mary Fowler, 2008
2
Greek Medicine from Hippocrates to Galen: Selected Papers
According to this traditional corpus, then, there exist only one or two examples of epidictic speeches from the fth century. However, we possess two other fully preserved epidictic speeches that date from the same period and that are composed, ...
Jacques Jouanna, Philip Van Der Eijk, 2012
3
Deep Rhetoric: Philosophy, Reason, Violence, Justice, Wisdom
Certainly, the background of argumentation along with its epidictic maintenance provides a good example of this kind of hegemony. It is functional. Since it allows people to reason efficiently, it carries a natural psychological validity. However ...
James Crosswhite, 2013
4
Marketing Democracy: Public Opinion and Media Formation in ...
His discourse belongs to the epidictic mode, to use the terms of rhetoric: "In the deliberative mode. the orator advises in favor or against, and his concluding opinion is for what seems to him to be the most useful response: in the judicial mode.
Romain Laufer, Catherine Paradeise
5
Anxious Allegiances: Legitimizing Identity in the Early ...
There is an optimistic, a lenient, tendency in epidictic discourse which has not escaped certain discerning observers. Being in no fear of contradiction, the speaker readily converts into universal values, if not eternal truths, that which has  ...
C. Mazoff, 1998
6
The Bloomsbury Companion to Aristotle
Thales' epideixis, whichis accomplished without discourse, seems proper forbringing out certain traitsofthe epidictic genre. In fact, Aristotletellsus atthe beginning oftheRhetoric that the hearer who directshisor her attentionto discourse ...
Claudia Baracchi, 2014
7
Monsters, Men and Machines: Gender in Literature and Film, ...
At the same time, epidictic rhetoric strives to reduce the occasion for resistance or debate by veiling itself as customary praise or blame by presuming –or simulating the assumption – that the rhetor and the audience already assent to the same ...
Angela Farmer, 2008
8
Philosophy and Rhetoric in Dialogue: Redrawing Their ...
Epidictic rhetoric is, technically, a genre, but, philosophically, it is about the invention of culture and politics, the power of speech (dunamis). Epideixis goes further than generic celebratory rhetoric, it is the art of “showing,” the “monstration ” of ...
Gerard A. Hauser, 2010
9
In Fragments: The Aphorisms of Jesus
Third, then, he proposes the epidictic rather than the-heuristic modality as being much more appropriate to suchv polished commonplaces. The Greek theoreticians divided oratory into political, legal, and epidictic situations. The first two ...
John Dominic Crossan, 2008
10
The Rhetorical Function of the Book of Ezekiel
Rather, the argumentation in epidictic discourse sets out to increase the intensity of adherence to certain values, which might not be contested when considered on their own but may nevertheless not prevail against other values that might ...
Thomas Renz, 1999

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