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Meaning of Laconomania | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

love for or obsession with the Spartans

Examples

“This ‘Laconomania’ is met in Plato, Xenophon, Polybius, Plutarch and many others in the ‘classical heritage’, which in time came to inspire generations of lycée-trained young men; a man like Saint-Just is an obvious product of it.”
“The other, affecting the laconomania or the rough manners of the Spartans, wears a coarse cloak and plain sandals”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

laconomaniac laconophile Laconophilia Lacorte lacosamide Lacoste

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