单词 | dyslogistic |
释义 | dyslogisticadj. Expressing or connoting disapprobation or dispraise; having a bad connotation; opprobrious. (The opposite of eulogistic.) ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > [adjective] discommending1702 dyslogistic1821 1821 J. Bentham Elements Art of Packing 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. 1825 S. 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. 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. I. i. viii. 146 Under the name of revenge or malice, or some other such dyslogistic name. 1838 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 5 67 A political adventurer (we use the word in its dyslogistic sense). 1887 Spectator 2 July 888/2 The dyslogistic names, by which it pleases each side to denominate its opponents. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.1821 |
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