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protreptic

/pɹəʊˈtɹɛptɪk/ UK
/pɹoʊˈtɹɛptɪk/ US

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek προτρεπτικός (protreptikós, “hortatory”), from προτρέπω (protrépō, “to urge on”).

adjective more protreptic · most protreptic

Serving to instruct; didactic. A protreptic discourse for beginners, no matter what the stage of Plato's development when he wrote it, would contain much elementary matter and would certainly not reveal his most profound thought.
Similar: protreptical

noun protreptics

A didactic speech, book, etc.

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@misc{protreptic_2026,
  title = {protreptic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/protreptic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}