adj
Meaning 1
Serving to instruct; didactic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
protreptic
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Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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UK: /pɹəʊˈtɹɛptɪk/
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General-American: /pɹoʊˈtɹɛptɪk/
noun
Meaning 2
A didactic speech, book, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek προτρεπτικός (protreptikós, “hortatory”), from προτρέπω (protrépō, “to urge on”).