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eulogistic

American  
[yoo-luh-jis-tik] / ˌyu ləˈdʒɪs tɪk /
Also eulogistical

adjective

  1. pertaining to or containing eulogy; laudatory.


Other Word Forms

  • eulogistically adverb

Etymology

Origin of eulogistic

First recorded in 1815–25; eulogist + -ic

Example Sentences

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Indeed, many of the essays here are mournful if not outright eulogistic.

From Los Angeles Times

Despite all the beauty shots in the movie, the light that softens Jackson’s world also fades, replaced by a melancholy that can feel eulogistic: It’s mourning again in America.

From New York Times

There has been, especially in the television era, a eulogistic, ministerial aspect of the presidency, the call to give voice to the country’s grief in dark moments.

From New York Times

The eulogistic book on Trump by Conservative commentator Ann Coulter is one of many demonstrations of how much his supporters are energised by the wish to attack the "establishment" for their own alleged transgressions.

From Salon

“The Politics of Friendship” often feels haunted; Derrida insists that the narrative of friendship requires us to constantly imagine how we may someday pay our friends eulogistic tribute.

From The New Yorker