theticadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈθɛtɪk/, U.S.

/ˈθɛdɪk/

Etymology: < Greek θετικός such as is placed or is fit to be placed; positive, affirmative, < θέτος placed, < root θε- to place.

A. adj.

1. Characterized by laying down or setting forth; involving positive statement: cf. thesis n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [adjective] > asseverative, assertive, affirmative, or positive

assertive1562

affirmatory1651

various1651

thetic1678

assertory1702

asseveratorya1734

asseverative1837

assertative1846

predicative1846

1678 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV Pref. To render our Discourse the lesse offensive, we have cast it into a thetic and dogmatic method, rather than agonistic and polemic.

1837 E. Bickersteth Life Francke iv. 61 Thetic and historical divinity were not the fields which Francke had chosen to lecture upon.

1882 A. M. Fairbairn in Contemp. Rev. Dec. 862 His [Mohammed's] genius was not thetic, but synthetic, not creative but constructive.

a. Prosody. That bears the thesis; stressed.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhythm > [adjective] > accentual > stressed

stronga1646

thetic1815

1815 J. Grant in Monthly Mag. XXXIX. 303 The first syllable of each being thetic or emphatic and the remainder of the foot being in arsis or remiss.

b. ‘Beginning with a thesis’ ( Cent. Dict. 1891).

B. n.

(plural) thetics n. the art of laying down principles or putting forth propositions.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [noun] > art of

thetics1864

1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvi. v. 310 Polemics, Thetics, Exegetics.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	thetic
释义	theticadj.n. Brit. /ˈθɛtɪk/, U.S. /ˈθɛdɪk/ Etymology: < Greek θετικός such as is placed or is fit to be placed; positive, affirmative, < θέτος placed, < root θε- to place. A. adj. 1. Characterized by laying down or setting forth; involving positive statement: cf. thesis n. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [adjective] > asseverative, assertive, affirmative, or positive assertive1562 affirmatory1651 various1651 thetic1678 assertory1702 asseveratorya1734 asseverative1837 assertative1846 predicative1846 1678 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV Pref. To render our Discourse the lesse offensive, we have cast it into a thetic and dogmatic method, rather than agonistic and polemic. 1837 E. Bickersteth Life Francke iv. 61 Thetic and historical divinity were not the fields which Francke had chosen to lecture upon. 1882 A. M. Fairbairn in Contemp. Rev. Dec. 862 His [Mohammed's] genius was not thetic, but synthetic, not creative but constructive. 2. a. Prosody. That bears the thesis; stressed. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhythm > [adjective] > accentual > stressed stronga1646 thetic1815 1815 J. Grant in Monthly Mag. XXXIX. 303 The first syllable of each being thetic or emphatic and the remainder of the foot being in arsis or remiss. b. ‘Beginning with a thesis’ ( Cent. Dict. 1891). B. n. (plural) thetics n. the art of laying down principles or putting forth propositions.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [noun] > art of thetics1864 1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvi. v. 310 Polemics, Thetics, Exegetics. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : -theticcomb. form < adj.n.1678 see also
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theticadj.n.

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