protreptic

Meaning of protreptic

adjective
  1. intended to persuade or instruct.
    the dialogues have a protreptic function
noun
  1. a piece of writing or speech intended to persuade or instruct.
    ancient philosophical protreptics

mid 17th century: via late Latin from Greek protreptikos ‘instructive’, from pro- ‘before’ + trepein ‘to turn’.

Information about protreptic

  • The plural form of protreptic is: protreptics.
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Hyphenation of protreptic

pro-trep-tic

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 letters.
  • protreptic is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

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