单词 | pseudo-prophetic |
释义 | pseudo-propheticadj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a pseudoprophet or pseudoprophecy; that is a pseudoprophet. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [adjective] > false pseudo-prophetical1588 pseudo-prophetic1664 pseudo-mantic1894 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity ii. i. xv. 306 It is a Pseudo-prophetick Polity that has spred through the whole Territories of the Empire. 1668 H. More Divine Dialogues: Two Last Dial. v. 229 That Chair of Infallibility that he and his Pseudoprophetick Body boast they sit in. 1853 J. Torrey tr. A. Neander Gen. Hist. Christian Relig. & Church (rev. ed.) I. 357 That secular form of the idea respecting the Messiah,..the pseudo-prophetic element. 1919 Isis 2 327 Beyond the vague pseudo-prophetic references to the Javanas in the ‘Purânas’, no early Indian writer mentions the invasion of Alexander the Great. 1975 E. Voegelin From Enlightenm. to Revol. 75 The pseudo-prophetic personality of Comte was necessary to..penetrate it [sc. Positivism] with religious enthusiasm. 1990 M. Martin Keys of this Blood iii. xi. 211 The monarchy itself..was actually in the hands of..Queen Alexandra, and of her adviser, the pseudoprophetic monk Grigori E. Rasputin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1664 |
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