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Meaning of "thetic" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD THETIC

From Greek thetikos, from thetos laid down, from tithenai to place.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF THETIC

thetic  [ˈθɛtɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THETIC

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

WHAT DOES THETIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of thetic in the English dictionary

The definition of thetic in the dictionary is of, bearing, or relating to a metrical stress. Other definition of thetic is positive and arbitrary; prescriptive.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH THETIC


aesthetic
iːsˈθɛtɪk
anaesthetic
ˌænɪsˈθɛtɪk
anesthetic
ˌænɪsˈθɛtɪk
antipathetic
ænˌtɪpəˈθɛtɪk
antithetic
ˌæntɪˈθɛtɪk
apathetic
ˌæpəˈθɛtɪk
bathetic
bəˈθɛtɪk
biosynthetic
ˌbaɪəʊˌsɪnˈθɛtɪk
esthetic
iːsˈθɛtɪk
hypothetic
ˌhaɪpəˈθɛtɪk
nomothetic
ˌnɒməˈθɛtɪk
parasympathetic
ˌpærəˌsɪmpəˈθɛtɪk
pathetic
pəˈθɛtɪk
prosthetic
prɒsˈθɛtɪk
semisynthetic
ˌsɛmɪsɪnˈθɛtɪk
sympathetic
ˌsɪmpəˈθɛtɪk
synesthetic
ˌsɪniːsˈθɛtɪk
synthetic
sɪnˈθɛtɪk
unaesthetic
ˌʌniːsˈθɛtɪk
unsympathetic
ˌʌnsɪmpəˈθɛtɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THETIC

theta
thete
Thetford Mines
thetically
Thetis
theurgic
theurgical
theurgically
theurgies
theurgist
theurgy
thew
thewed
thewless

WORDS THAT END LIKE THETIC

athletic
chemosynthetic
cosmothetic
diarrhetic
empathetic
epenthetic
general anaesthetic
hyperaesthetic
kinaesthetic
kinesthetic
local anaesthetic
nonaesthetic
parenthetic
photosynthetic
polysynthetic
preanesthetic
prophetic
prothetic
telesthetic
theopathetic
unprophetic

Synonyms and antonyms of thetic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «thetic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THETIC

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

Translator English - Chinese

正题
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tético
570 millions of speakers

English

thetic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

thetic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

thetic
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тетических
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

thetic
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

thetic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

thétique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Thetic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

tischen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

断定的な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

심미적
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Thetic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thetic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

thetic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सैद्धांतिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

helenik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tetico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

thetic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тетіческіх
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

thetic
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

thetic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

thetic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

syntet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

thetic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of thetic

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THETIC»

The term «thetic» is regularly used and occupies the 68.920 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THETIC» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THETIC»

Discover the use of thetic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to thetic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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French Philosophy in the Twentieth Century
To mark the difference, Sartre distinguishes two modes of consciousness: thetic ( directed toward or positing an object) and non-thetic (not directed toward or positing an object). Consciousness's implicit awareness of itself is non-thetic.
Gary Gutting, 2001
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Mouton Classics: From Syntax to Cognition, from Phonology to ...
The thetic/categorical distinction revisited* HANS-JURGEN SASSE Abstract This paper reexamines the distinction between thetic and categorical statements first proposed by the 19th-century philosophers Brentano and Marty and revived by ...
‎2002
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Kristeva
Kristeva asks, “before being a 'natural thesis' or a 'thetic function' of judgment, isn' t thesis above all a thesis of the 'l'?” (RPL 36; RLP 35). Rather than positing the “l” as the origin of meaning, Kristeva examines the thetic phase as a moment ...
Stacey Keltner, 2013
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Information Structure and Sentence Form: Topic, Focus, and ...
constituents to have topic status in thetic sentences, in particular unaccented pronominal arguments and constituents below the phrasal level. For example, we saw that the possessive determiner my in (4.10a) My NECK hurts is topical, even  ...
Knud Lambrecht, 1996
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Language typology and language universals: an international ...
The introduction of a new event or situation is the central function of the thetic sentence (J Art. 104) or sentence-focus construction, another type of PFC, whose great importance for the typology of focus and information structure was first ...
Martin Haspelmath, 2001
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Focus Structure in Generative Grammar: An Integrated ...
In a thetic sentence the IP is licensed as an intonational focus constituent. This is illustrated in (44), where the superscript 'i-focus' means 'contains or is an XP licensed as an intonational focus constituent'. (44) categorical identificational thetic ...
Carsten Breul, 2004
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A Functional Analysis of Present Day English on a General ...
One-element verbless sentences can in turn be subdivided into thetic and predicative. 2. ONE-ELEMENT VERBLESS THETIC SENTENCES One-element verbless thetic sentences state the existence of a content whole, presented as an  ...
Vilém Mathesius, Josef Vachek, 1975
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Derrida, Kristeva, and the Dividing Line: An Articulation of ...
Both the thetic and the semiotic are described in terms of rupture, but these two types of rupture have very different consequences, that of the chora amounting to an articulation whilst the thetic launches a dialectic. Apparently, not all ruptures ...
Juliana De Nooy, Paul Eggert, 2013
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Edmund Husserl: The web of meaning : language, noema, and ...
The same meaning-content, or Sinn, can be present in acts of markedly different thetic character, linguistic or otherwise. It is the same entity, and hence of course the same sort of entity, an intensional entity, in any case. It is in virtue of this ...
Rudolf Bernet, Donn Welton, Gina Zavota, 2005
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Husserl and Intentionality: A Study of Mind, Meaning, and ...
act's "thetic character" - that which varies with the kind or species of the act, marking it as an act of perception, or memory, or whatever (cf. Chapter III, Section 2.4, above). In Logical Investigations, VI, §2, Husserl effectively maintains that when ...
David Woodruff Smith, Ronald McIntyre, 1982

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THETIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term thetic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ghost Tones
Blake is a rather whimsical player and among this CD's highlights are his solo treatments of “Autumn in New York,” Russell's “Ezz-Thetic” and Blake's “Jacques ... «Chico News & Review, Jul 15»
2
Raising Richmond: More mindful parenting with the Apple Watch
Welp, Sam Davies just wrote the thing that's going to convince the Apple-thetic spouses that the pro-Apple spouses should, indeed, get an Apple Watch for a ... «RVANews, Jun 15»
3
München sagt: 'Grüß Gott, trockene Achsel und Bandeau-Top.'
Die S-thetic Lounge München weiß Rat: Die SlimLipo™-Methode schmilzt das Fett einfach weg. Und dank der Hyperhidrose-Laserbehandlung bleiben die ... «openPR.de, Jun 15»
4
Anti-Flag waving punk message for 20 years
It is this activism Anti-Flag drummer Pat Thetic attributes to the band's longevity with multiple tours and the recent release of the band's 10th album, 'American ... «Lethbridge Herald, Jun 15»
5
S-thetic Lounge: Streifen-Look am Strand?
Christian Schmitz, leitender Arzt der S-thetic Lounges in Köln und Düsseldorf sowie Facharzt für Plastische und Ästhetische Chirurgie. Obwohl es sich bei den ... «modelvita Magazin, Jun 15»
6
American Horror Story: Anti-Flag dishes on its new album
Not only was personal tragedy coloring the tone of the music, but according to Thetic, so was the lack of societal improvement and promised political change. «REVUE, Jun 15»
7
„People before Profits“
Pat Thetic (l.) und Justin ... Doch für Sane und Thetic von der US-amerikanischen Punkband Anti-Flag ist die Politik ein selbstverständlicher Teil ihres Schaffens. «regensburg-digital.de, May 15»
8
S-thetic Hair: Ist Glatze sexy
S-thetic Hair und die Frage, ob und wann eine Glatze attraktiv sein kann Frankfurt ... und Ästhetische Chirurgie sowie leitender Haarchirurg bei S-thetic Hair in ... «PresseAnzeiger, May 15»
9
Sin-thetic D&G!
They maybe sartorial geniuses, but when it comes to ideologies, renowned designer duo Dolce and Gabbana are not favourites anymore. Not even among their ... «The Asian Age, Mar 15»
10
Young voters can't lose hope
Chris – who plays bass and sings in Anti-Flag, along with singer/guitarist Justin Sane, guitarist Chris Head, and drummer Pat Thetic – is careful when he speaks. «Fort McMurray Today, Feb 15»

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