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analects
[ an-l-ekts ]
plural noun
- selected passages from the writings of an author or of different authors.
analects
/ ˈænəˌlɛkts; ˌænəˈlɛktə /
plural noun
- selected literary passages from one or more works
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Derived Forms
- ˌanaˈlectic, adjective
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Other Words From
- ana·lectic adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of analects1
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Example Sentences
He wrote: “Analects,” etc., and is credited with having compiled the “Ancient Poems.”
We are told in the Confucian Analects that the master said, “The accomplished scholar is not a utensil.”
The doctrine of the sage is clearly expressed in the Analects, and amounts only to courtesy and propriety.
But by this method one misses much of the characterisation which is such an attractive feature of the Analects.
The works of Mencius abound, like the Confucian Analects, in sententious utterances.
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