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analects
[ an-l-ekts ]
plural noun
- selected passages from the writings of an author or of different authors.
analects
/ ˌænəˈlɛktə; ˈænəˌlɛkts /
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
C17: via Latin from Greek analekta, from analegein to collect up, from legein to gather
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Example Sentences
He wrote: “Analects,” etc., and is credited with having compiled the “Ancient Poems.”
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We are told in the Confucian Analects that the master said, “The accomplished scholar is not a utensil.”
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The doctrine of the sage is clearly expressed in the Analects, and amounts only to courtesy and propriety.
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But by this method one misses much of the characterisation which is such an attractive feature of the Analects.
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The works of Mencius abound, like the Confucian Analects, in sententious utterances.
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