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PRONUNCIATION OF PHRONTISTERY

phrontistery  [ˈfrʌntɪstərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHRONTISTERY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Phrontistery 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 PHRONTISTERY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

phrontistery

The Clouds

The Clouds is a comedy written by the celebrated playwright Aristophanes lampooning intellectual fashions in classical Athens. It was originally produced at the City Dionysia in 423 BC and it was not well received, coming last of the three plays competing at the festival that year. It was revised between 420-417 BC and thereafter it was circulated in manuscript form. No copy of the original production survives, and scholarly analysis indicates that the revised version is an incomplete form of Old Comedy. This incompleteness, however, is not obvious in translations and modern performances. The Clouds can be considered not only the world's first extant 'comedy of ideas' but also a brilliant and successful example of that genre. The play gained notoriety for its caricature of Socrates ever since its mention in Plato's Apology as a factor contributing to the philosopher's trial and execution.

Definition of phrontistery in the English dictionary

The definition of phrontistery in the dictionary is a place or establishment for thinking, studying or learning.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHRONTISTERY


bistoury
ˈbɪstərɪ
blistery
ˈblɪstərɪ
blustery
ˈblʌstərɪ
consistory
kənˈsɪstərɪ
evangelistary
ɪˌvændʒəˈlɪstərɪ
faldistory
ˈfɔːldɪstərɪ
herstory
ˈhɜːstərɪ
history
ˈhɪstərɪ
magistery
ˈmædʒɪstərɪ
mastery
ˈmɑːstərɪ
monastery
ˈmɒnəstərɪ
mystery
ˈmɪstərɪ
polyhistory
ˌpɒlɪˈhɪstərɪ
prehistory
priːˈhɪstərɪ
protohistory
ˌprəʊtəʊˈhɪstərɪ
psychohistory
ˌsaɪkəʊˈhɪstərɪ
self-mastery
ˌselfˈmɑːstərɪ
slaistery
ˈsleɪstərɪ
upholstery
ʌpˈhəʊlstərɪ
wastery
ˈweɪstərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHRONTISTERY

phrenetical
phrenetically
phreneticness
phrenic
phrenism
phrenitic
phrenitides
phrenitis
phrenologic
phrenological
phrenologically
phrenologise
phrenologist
phrenologize
phrenology
phrensical
phrensies
phrensy
Phrixus
phrygana

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHRONTISTERY

adultery
allostery
artery
baptistery
battery
buttery
cemetery
coronary artery
dicastery
eatery
flustery
huckstery
lottery
murder mystery
phalanstery
plastery
poetastery
pottery
watery
whoremastery

Synonyms and antonyms of phrontistery in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «phrontistery» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHRONTISTERY

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

Translator English - Chinese

phrontistery
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

phrontistery
570 millions of speakers

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phrontistery
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

phrontistery
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

phrontistery
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

phrontistery
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

phrontistery
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

phrontistery
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

phrontistery
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Phrontistery
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

phrontistery
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

phrontistery
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

phrontistery
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Phrontistery
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phrontistery
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

phrontistery
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Phrontistery
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

phrontistery
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

phrontistery
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

phrontistery
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

phrontistery
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

phrontistery
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

phrontistery
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

phrontistery
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

phrontistery
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

phrontistery
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of phrontistery

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHRONTISTERY»

The term «phrontistery» is normally little used and occupies the 142.716 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of phrontistery
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PHRONTISTERY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «phrontistery» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «phrontistery» 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 phrontistery

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHRONTISTERY»

Discover the use of phrontistery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to phrontistery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology: ...
Those who are inclined to smile at the pretension found on the first page – an unfamiliar Greek coinage, “phrontistery,” was given to the new project of this unaccredited establishment in the Colorado mountains – might wait until it is revealed ...
Ross B. Emmett, Jeff E. Biddle, Marianne Johnson, 2012
2
Eclogæ Aristophanicæ
Sia tovtovI tov Atvov, on account of this Dinos, pointing to the image of Dinos or Vortex standing before the phrontistery. 1475. IvtaB8a .... $Xi]va$a, be mad and play the fool for yourself. Uttering these words, Phidippides leaves the scene. 1476 ...
Aristophanes, 1852
3
The Clouds of Aristophanes
Socrates goes into the phrontistery, and while he is departing the chorus addresses him, telling him to make the most of his opportunity ; that the man is so " struck up," and excited, that he is ready to do any thing in the world ; but such things ...
Aristophanes, Cornelius Conway Felton, 1841
4
The Devil's Nebula
Lania said, “Phrontistery. The area in a monastery used for contemplation. What do you intend to contemplate?” she mocked. Ed smiled. “Life, death, existence, non-existence. The arbitrary nature of the universe; the chaos, the order.
Eric Brown, 2012
5
Rare Words and Ways to Master Their Meanings: 500 Arcane But ...
Chrisomalis, Steven. Forthright's Phrontistery: International House ofLogorrhea, The Word List. 22 April 2002 <http://phrontistery.50megs.com>. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia. Columbia University Press. Family Education Network.
Jan Leighton, Hallie Leighton, 2003
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Inquiry in Music Education: Concepts and Methods for the ...
The phrontistery: Philosophical 'isms.' Retrieved July 25, 2011 from http:// phrontistery.info/isms.html. Clandinin, D. J. (2006). Narrative inquiry: A methodology for studying lived experience. Research Studies in Music Education , 27, 44–54.
Hildegard C. Froehlich, Carol Frierson-Campbell, 2012
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The Gilded Tongue: Overly Eloquent Words for Everyday Things
Merriam-Webster Online (www.m-w.com) An online dictionary. OneLooh Dictionary Search (www.onelook.com) A search engine for looking up words in many dictionaries simultaneously. The Phrontistery (http://phrontistery.info) A site for ...
Rod L. Evans, 2006
8
Betrayal of the American Right, The
In the winter of 1963–64, LeFevre organized a winter-and- spring long “ Phrontistery” at Colorado to pave the way for transforming Freedom School into a Rampart College. To the Phrontistery flocked some of the nation's leading young  ...
Rothbard, Murray N.
9
Helix
The j ewelled vessel was seen first by a lone acolyte meditating upon the mountain-top, who reported seeing a fiery coal descend from heaven and come to rest in the forest, three days north of the phrontistery. The Venerable at the time , one ...
Eric Brown, 2007
10
Nigel Tranter: Scotland's Storyteller
THE PHRONTISTERY A cluttered broom-cupboard, you might say, except that there are no brooms. And there's a window. Otherwise, a table loaded with books and papers, an elderly manual typewriter presiding, the whole arranged with its ...
Ray Bradfield, 1999

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHRONTISTERY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term phrontistery is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hey, Word Geeks! Now There's a Website for You
How about lorgnette or phrontistery? OK, it's fair to say that none of these come up much in conversation, but hey, they're there for a reason and ... «TIME, Apr 13»
2
Spelling Bee Retro Blog!
... it feels like more of a devil-may-care attitude. He's the James Dean of the bee, and he was absolutely swaggering as he nailed phrontistery to ... «Grantland, Jun 12»
3
9 finalists remain in National Spelling Bee
Arvind Mahankali, 12, of Bayside Hills, N.Y., a finalist the last two years, made it three years in a row when he spelled "phrontistery." A tennis ... «Fox News, May 12»
4
The invented languages of Clockwork Apples and Oranges
... abnormis 'irregular, unconventional', and especially phrontistery 'thinking place', the seat of empowerment for one intent on locating the H.P. ... «OUPblog, Jan 12»
5
Major (rtd) Boakye Djan and Others Have Restaged the Curse of …
... stone-facedly summons Ghana's Generals around him and delivers an allocution like a phrontistery a la Christ in The Sermon on the Mount. «Modern Ghana, Jan 11»

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