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Meaning of "erotesis" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EROTESIS

erotesis  [ˌɛrəʊˈtiːsɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EROTESIS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Erotesis 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.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EROTESIS


amniocentesis
ˌæmnɪəʊsɛnˈtiːsɪs
athetesis
ˌæθəˈtiːsɪs
cardiocentesis
ˌkɑːdɪəʊsɛnˈtiːsɪs
centesis
senˈtiːsɪs
cordocentesis
ˌkɔːdəʊsɛnˈtiːsɪs
cytokinesis
ˌsaɪtəʊkɪˈniːsɪs
ecblastesis
ˌɛkblæˈstiːsɪs
electrophoresis
ɪˌlɛktrəʊfəˈriːsɪs
emptysis
empˈtiːsɪs
enterocentesis
ˌɛntərəʊsɛnˈtiːsɪs
erythropoiesis
ɪˌrɪθrəʊpɔɪˈiːsɪs
hematopoiesis
ˌhemətəʊpɔɪˈiːsɪs
hysteresis
ˌhɪstəˈriːsɪs
kinesis
kɪˈniːsɪs
mimesis
mɪˈmiːsɪs
paracentesis
ˌpærəsɛnˈtiːsɪs
pleurocentesis
ˌplʊərəʊsɛnˈtiːsɪs
thesis
ˈθiːsɪs
thoracentesis
ˌθɔːrəsɛnˈtiːsɪs
thoracocentesis
ˌθɔːrəkəʊsenˈtiːsɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EROTESIS

erotema
eroteme
erotetic
erotic
erotic capital
erotica
erotical
erotically
eroticisation
eroticise
eroticism
eroticist
eroticization
eroticize
erotisation
erotism
erotization
erotize
erotogenic
erotogenous

WORDS THAT END LIKE EROTESIS

angiogenesis
biosynthesis
carcinogenesis
chondrogenesis
dysgenesis
genesis
gluconeogenesis
hypothesis
morphogenesis
mutagenesis
Nemesis
organogenesis
osteogenesis
parenthesis
pathogenesis
PhD thesis
photosynthesis
prosthesis
synthesis
transgenesis

Synonyms and antonyms of erotesis in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «erotesis» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EROTESIS

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The translations of erotesis from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «erotesis» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

erotesis
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

erotesis
570 millions of speakers

English

erotesis
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

erotesis
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

erotesis
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

erotesis
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

erotesis
270 millions of speakers

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erotesis
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

erotesis
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Erotesis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

erotesis
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

erotesis
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

erotesis
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Erotesis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

erotesis
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

erotesis
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

इलॉटिस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

erotesis
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

erotesis
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

erotesis
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

erotesis
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

erotesis
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

erotesis
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

erotesis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

erotesis
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

erotesis
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of erotesis

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EROTESIS»

The term «erotesis» is used very little and occupies the 192.768 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EROTESIS» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EROTESIS»

Discover the use of erotesis in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to erotesis and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Noctes Atticae: 34 Articles on Graeco-Roman Antiquity and ...
The same applies to the erotesis, cf. the two examples from Lysias' speech against Agoratos (13.30-1 and 32-3). There can be little doubt that any longer questioning, and especially long and rhetorically uninteresting questionings, were left ...
Bettina Amden, 2002
2
A Rhetorical Grammar: In which the Common Improprieties in ...
... wonder we find our grammars echoing from each other that this figure always requires a high and elevated tone. Erotesis. Erotesis, or Interrogation, is a figure by which we express the emotion of our mind, and infuse an ardour and energy ...
John Walker, 1801
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A Reader in the Language of Shakespearean Drama
Erotesis, if it be pure, raiseth the common Tone or tenor of the voice in the last word; unless Emphasis draw it (i.e. presumably unless emphasis places it on an earlier word): but if it begin with a word interrogative; as, [who, what, how, where,  ...
Vivian Salmon, Edwina Burness, 1987
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The English Language in its Elements and Forms With a ...
EROTESIS OR INTERROGATION. § 451. Erotesis, Greek erotesis, is an animated or passionate interrogation. What, Tubero, did that naked sword of yours mean in the battle of Pharsalia ? At whose breast was its point aimed ? What was then ...
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The Imaginative Argument: A Practical Manifesto for Writers
I want to use some slightly recondite concepts to delineate this dialectical conception: erotesis and prolepsis. Specifically, I'm proposing that you propel your argument forward erotetically, by opening up a wide variety and a large number of ...
Frank L. Cioffi, 2009
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From Phenomenology to Thought, Errancy, and Desire: Essays ...
The clue for under- standing this strange expression of Aristotle's - and Heidegger's no less strange gloss on it - is to be found in the "ara ge" of the dialectical premise, the "it is so, is it not" ("es ist doch wohl . . ."). Like any erotesis or asking, the ...
William J. Richardson, Babette Babich, 1995
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Does Socrates Have a Method?: Rethinking the Elenchus in ...
an erotesis antiphaseōs, or "contradiction in question," keeps both sides of this contradiction in play.12 As a matter of fact, the contrary possibility is openly acknowledged at 28d: "Shall we say, Protarchus, that the power of the incalculable and ...
Gary Alan Scott, 2010
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You Talkin' To Me?: Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama
–also called erotesis or interrogatio– isa question that implies but doesn'texpect ananswer: 'Why would a girl like you beinterested in aschlublike me?' It's commonly known as the rhetorical question. There are several variations on the theme ...
Sam Leith, 2011
9
Blue Margin
Erotesis. How does one wander “as a cloud” or into anything “go gentle” if “lonely night” is mere hypallage? Look to the homeless man who walks on wintered streets and, layered in his unwashed wool and paper bags, seeks out the filtered  ...
Roy Arthur Swanson, 2008
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English Grammar: The English Language in Its Elements and ...
EROTESIS OR INTERROGATION. § 636. EROTESIS, Greek kpurrjais, is an animated or passionate Interrogation. 1. What, Tubero, did that naked sword of yours mean in the battle of Pharsalia ? At whose breast was its point aimed ? What was ...
William Chauncey Fowler, 1850

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EROTESIS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term erotesis is used in the context of the following news items.
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Trump shows speech can have effect without making complete sense
He plundered the figures of classical rhetoric, using erotesis (the so-called rhetorical question) with anaphora (repetition) and with tricolon ... «Financial Times, Jun 15»
2
Pilgrim's Flower by Rachael Boast – review
While its first part is mostly concerned with place and history, the second takes up themes of relationship, including "love's erotesis", which is ... «The Guardian, Jan 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Erotesis [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/erotesis>. May 2024 ».
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