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dyslogistic, a.|dɪsləʊˈdʒɪstɪk| Also erron. dis-. [f. dys- + stem of eu-logistic (without reference to Gr. δυσλόγιστος ‘hard to calculate, ill-calculated, misguided’).] Expressing or connoting disapprobation or dispraise; having a bad connotation; opprobrious. (The opposite of eulogistic.)
1802–12Bentham Ration. Jud. Evid. (1827) I. 146 Under the name of revenge, or malice, or some other such dyslogistic name. 1810― Packing (1821) 15 Packing:—a name which, from the application at that time but too frequently made of the practice..has acquired a dyslogistic tinge: serving at present to express, not merely the practice itself, but the sentiment of disapprobation excited by the idea of it. 1825Syd. Smith Wks. (1859) II. 70/2 Mischievous fallacies also circulate from the convertible use of what Mr. B. is pleased to call dyslogistic and eulogistic terms. 1838Tait's Mag. V. 67 A political adventurer (we use the word in its dyslogistic sense). 1887Spectator 2 July 888/2 The dyslogistic names, by which it pleases each side to denominate its opponents. |