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Meaning of anatreptic | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

Rebutting; overthrowing; defeating; applied to Plato's refutative dialogues.

not-comparable

Equivalents

Português anatréptico

Examples

“The Agonistic dialogues , supposed to resemble the combat , were either Endeictic, as exhibiting a specimen of skill , or Anatreptic, presenting the spectacle of a perfect defeat .”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

anatriptic anatropal anatrophic anatropic anatropical anatropous

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