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Plutarchian

Plutarchian

9.9
Like Plutarch's writing, comparing people's moral qualities
  • adjective
  • /ˌpluːˈtɑːrkiən/
  • Literature
: plutarquiano
  • Her essay adopted a Plutarchian style, focusing on moral lessons from ancient lives.

Examples

  • Critics praised the Plutarchian tone of the biography for its balanced character analysis.

  • His writing has a distinctly Plutarchian style.

  • The historian's Plutarchian approach compared the virtues of famous leaders.

  • The Plutarchian themes in her novel are intriguing.

  • Her essay adopted a Plutarchian style, focusing on moral lessons from ancient lives.

  • The historian's Plutarchian approach compared the virtues of famous leaders.

  • Critics praised the Plutarchian tone of the biography for its balanced character analysis.

Surface Forms

Plutarchian positive

Morphology

Plutarchian = Plutarch (semi-transparent) = Plutarch + ian

Formed by the productive suffix '-ian' meaning 'relating to or characteristic of' the proper name Plutarch, so the structural relation is clear.

Etymology

Plutarchian comes from the Greek writer Plutarch, whose name is made of ploutos 'wealth' and archos 'ruler', and the arch part is the same as in monarch. So to call a style Plutarchian is to say it is 'like Plutarch', especially when writers compare people's lives to teach moral lessons.