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aphoristic

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for aphoristic.

Editorial note

The writing is aphoristic - like reading an anti-David Foster Wallace - phenomenological minimalist vs.

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Quick take

Of, relating to, or containing aphorisms, epigrams, or maxims; gnomic.

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

Of, relating to, or containing aphorisms, epigrams, or maxims; gnomic.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for aphoristic.

Example sentences

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The writing is aphoristic - like reading an anti-David Foster Wallace - phenomenological minimalist vs.

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The Tractatus is around 150kb of aphoristic text.

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His most powerful writing has an aphoristic, koan-like quality designed more to be provocative than to say anything specific.

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Classifying conditions as 'general' asks for a kind of aphoristic understanding of things (talking only about the very general case).

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It is written in an aphoristic style and sometimes reminds me of the Tao Te Ching.

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The Allegory of the Cave ) and any of Nietzsche's aphoristic works are especially common.

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The better aphoristic horse-kingdom-related summation is probably For Want Of A Nail: For want of a nail the shoe was lost.

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Points 1-20 are either aphoristic, or sound true but don't work out in practice.

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These pseudo-aphoristic stories of how to cajole AIs are told 100 times a day!

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The title they chose could have been a bit more specific and less aphoristic.

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Don't take Getting Real as some sort of gospel; it's a aphoristic collection of anecdotal observations based on limited experience and selective recollection.

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There are writers who are very aphoristic, but damn few of them.

Quote examples

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Very good question; let me attempt an answer:-) Any aphoristic philosophical text has a certain "Worldview" which it tries to convey via many means viz.

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The aphoristic version: "Time in the market beats timing the market." History has borne that out repeatedly.

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There's the aphoristic style, the "5-paragraph" style, the dialogue, the trialogue, the research paper, etc.

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He's at his best with "black swan" and "skin in the game" type stuff - aphoristic, lyrical, qualitative philosophical musing that evokes the best of traditional schools of thought.

Proper noun examples

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Aphoristic assertions aren't very convincing.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use aphoristic in a sentence?

The writing is aphoristic - like reading an anti-David Foster Wallace - phenomenological minimalist vs.

What does aphoristic mean?

Of, relating to, or containing aphorisms, epigrams, or maxims; gnomic.

What part of speech is aphoristic?

aphoristic is commonly used as adjective.