thetic
Americanadjective
adjective
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(in classical prosody) of, bearing, or relating to a metrical stress
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positive and arbitrary; prescriptive
Other Word Forms
- thetically adverb
Etymology
Origin of thetic
1670–80; < Greek thetikós, equivalent to thet ( ós ) placed, set (verbid of tithénai to lay down) + -ikos -ic
Example Sentences
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It can be a poignant trait, as with Jay Gatsby; or an evil one, as with Hannibal Lecter; or a creepy one, as with Annie Wilkes; or a mesmerizing one, as with Willy Wonka; or an epic one, as with Charles Foster Kane; or a pathetic one, as with Norma Desmond.
From New York Times
There are, however, some evolutionary implications of the synesthetic smoothness hypothesis and of the frequency code.
From Slate
In their defense, Benjamin’s writing, which by 1934 had adopted the form of imagistic and thetic collage that would characterize all his late essays, was like nothing that had come before and—except in pale imitation—like nothing since.
From Salon
Its new commander, Gen. George C. McClellan, like a good Yankee, was in principle sympathetic to advanced technology.
From Slate
A detailed and largely sympathetic Columbia Journalism Review account of a Patch editor in upstate New York described how the service logically focused on more affluent communities.
From Salon
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