"philopolemic" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌfɪləʊpəˈlɛmɪk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌfɪloʊpəˈlɛmɪk/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-philopolemic.wav Forms: more philopolemic [comparative], most philopolemic [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛmɪk Etymology: From philo- + polemic, modelled after Ancient Greek φιλοπόλεμος (philopólemos, “fond of war, warlike”), from φίλος (phílos, “beloved, dear; loving”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰil- (“decent, good; friendly, harmonious”)) + πόλεμος (pólemos, “war; battle”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|philo|polemic}} philo- + polemic, {{der|en|grc|φιλοπόλεμος||fond of war, warlike}} Ancient Greek φιλοπόλεμος (philopólemos, “fond of war, warlike”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰil-||decent, good; friendly, harmonious}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰil- (“decent, good; friendly, harmonious”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} philopolemic (comparative more philopolemic, superlative most philopolemic)
  1. (rare) Exalting or supporting conflict or war. Tags: rare Categories (topical): War Synonyms: bellicose, belligerent, combative, hawkish, jingoistic, philopolemical, warlike, combative Translations (exalting or supporting conflict or war): philopolémique [feminine] (French), philopolemisch (German), kriegliebend (German), streitliebend (German), ratnohuškački [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), filopolémico [masculine] (Spanish), beligerante (Spanish), belicoso [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-philopolemic-en-adj-1ZMLbubw Disambiguation of War: 88 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with philo-, English terms suffixed with -ic, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with philo-: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 48 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'exalting or supporting conflict or war': 99 1
  2. (rare) Fond of polemics or controversy. Tags: rare Synonyms: philopolemical Translations (fond of polemics or controversy): filopolémico [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-philopolemic-en-adj-CWJEZ1YZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with philo-, English terms suffixed with -ic, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with philo-: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'fond of polemics or controversy': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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          "text": "But this goddeſs [Minerva], when conſidered as elevating all things, in conjunction with other divinities, to one demiurgus, and ordering and diſpoſing the univerſe together with her father;—according to the former of theſe employments, ſhe is called the philoſophic goddeſs; but, according to the latter, philopolemic, or a lover of contention. For, conſidered as unifically connecting all paternal wiſdom, ſhe is philoſophic; but, conſidered as uniformly adminiſtering all contrariety, ſhe is very properly called philopolemic.",
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          "text": "When absorption occurs at the close of a poem, the preceding philopolemic posture is suddenly shriven; the surprise, especially in the non-vigilant reader, is the lack of reasonable expectation that there could be such sudden foci that illuminate, the yearning for situations felicificative, after so much negatory vision that usually antedates the finale.",
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          "text": "Strange! as her thoughts hovered about this, his greeting, with the subtle feeling of elation, which ran with direct and certain evidence of philopolemic strength and ability to twine the threads of destiny straight from the loom of the master-spinner, her mind reverted unconsciously and without impetus on her part, to those words in the last letter of de Monasterys— […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996, Reginald Hill, The Wood Beyond (A Dalziel and Pascoe Novel; Collins Crime; book 14), London: HarperCollins Publishers, →ISBN; republished London: Harper, 2009, →ISBN, page 42:",
          "text": "And what after all was this philopolemic building but a mausoleum in need of a body? His conscience thus quietened, Pascoe unscrewed the top of the urn, took out a handful of dust, examined it for fear, found it, […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Exalting or supporting conflict or war."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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        ],
        [
          "supporting",
          "support#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "conflict",
          "conflict#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "war",
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) Exalting or supporting conflict or war."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "bellicose"
        },
        {
          "word": "belligerent"
        },
        {
          "word": "combative"
        },
        {
          "word": "hawkish"
        },
        {
          "word": "jingoistic"
        },
        {
          "word": "philopolemical"
        },
        {
          "word": "warlike"
        },
        {
          "word": "combative"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1793, Plato, “The Cratylus of Plato”, in Thomas Taylor, transl., The Cratylus, Phædo, Parmenides and Timæus of Plato. Translated from the Greek […], London: Printed for Benjamin and John White, […], →OCLC, page 66:",
          "text": "But this goddeſs [Minerva], when conſidered as elevating all things, in conjunction with other divinities, to one demiurgus, and ordering and diſpoſing the univerſe together with her father;—according to the former of theſe employments, ſhe is called the philoſophic goddeſs; but, according to the latter, philopolemic, or a lover of contention. For, conſidered as unifically connecting all paternal wiſdom, ſhe is philoſophic; but, conſidered as uniformly adminiſtering all contrariety, ſhe is very properly called philopolemic.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1994, Walter G. Tonetto, Exiled in Language: The Poetry of Margaret Diesendorf, Walter Billeter, Rudi Krausmann, and Manfred Jurgensen, Bethesda, Dublin, London: Academica Press, published 2001, →ISBN, page 231:",
          "text": "When absorption occurs at the close of a poem, the preceding philopolemic posture is suddenly shriven; the surprise, especially in the non-vigilant reader, is the lack of reasonable expectation that there could be such sudden foci that illuminate, the yearning for situations felicificative, after so much negatory vision that usually antedates the finale.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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        "(rare) Fond of polemics or controversy."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "philopolemical"
        }
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        "rare"
      ]
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "exalting or supporting conflict or war",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "philopolémique"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "exalting or supporting conflict or war",
      "word": "philopolemisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "exalting or supporting conflict or war",
      "word": "kriegliebend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "exalting or supporting conflict or war",
      "word": "streitliebend"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "exalting or supporting conflict or war",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ratnohuškački"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "exalting or supporting conflict or war",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "filopolémico"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "exalting or supporting conflict or war",
      "word": "beligerante"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "exalting or supporting conflict or war",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "belicoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fond of polemics or controversy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "filopolémico"
    }
  ],
  "word": "philopolemic"
}

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