📚 A Greek book 🥾 A hard journey 🌵 A desert plant

anabasis

1 9.9

A difficult journey inland from a coast or border, often military

noun
/ˌænəˈbeɪsɪs/

Literature

: anabasis

The novel reads like an anabasis, charting the hero's long trek from coast to hostile interior.

Examples

The expedition's anabasis through the desert became legendary for its hardships and triumphs.
Her recovery from illness was an emotional anabasis that tested her strength and patience.
The anabasis was challenging.
This journey is an anabasis.
The expedition's anabasis into the mountains tested the soldiers' endurance and resolve, as they faced harsh weather and rugged terrain.
For many, the journey from childhood to adulthood is an anabasis filled with challenges and important life lessons.
The successful anabasis of the troops into enemy territory was marked by strategic planning and bravery in the face of adversity.

Synonyms

expedition

vsanabasis

204 4.1

An organized trip by a group for a special purpose like exploring or doing research

specifically describes an inland often difficult or military journey

military expedition

vsanabasis

1 6.3

A trip by soldiers to fight and take control of a place in another country

focuses on an inland often difficult journey rather than a planned foreign campaign

mythic journey

vsanabasis

Literature

1 8.1

A long important trip with hard tests that changes a person like stories about heroes

is concrete an inland physical or hard journey rather than a legendary quest

hostile expedition

vsanabasis

Specialized

8.4

A military force that goes into another country to attack and take control

can be nonviolent or metaphorical rather than an armed foreign operation

Antonyms

to retreat

225 4.0

To move back from a place or plan to avoid danger

How Difficult

odyssey

35 8.3

anabasis

Literature

1 9.9

expedition

204 4.1

trip

∞ 1.0

outing

124 1.1

Surface Forms

anabasis singular

anabases plural

Morphology

anabasis = basis (opaque) = ana + basis

Although analyzable as Greek ana- + basis, 'ana-' is not a productive English prefix for most learners and 'basis' in modern English means 'foundation', so the sense 'inland expedition' is not derivable by a typical learner.

Etymology

Anabasis comes from Greek ana- 'up' and basis 'step' or 'going', so it literally meant a 'going up' and was used for a march inland from the coast; that is why we use it for a hard or military journey or any difficult trek.