aphoristic
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- adjective
- /ˌæf.əˈrɪs.tɪk/
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aforístico
- Stories usually produce aphoristic generalizations—words of wisdom—rather than scientific laws and hypotheses.
- aphoristic style
Examples
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His remarks were always insightful and aphoristic, leaving everyone with something to ponder.
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To gain some insight into the lessons he might have to teach us, we must search through his scattered and occasionally aphoristic remarks on the topic.
Academic text (2005) -
While I was there, I came to appreciate fully the aphoristic wisdom that "where you stand determines what you see."
Fiction book (1993) -
Then came Main Street, home to the aphoristic barber, and also to the Chinese restaurant, the church, the library, and a few places of commerce.
Fiction book (2000) -
There are scores of intriguing, aphoristic lines to savor, like those above.
Academic text (2010) -
More often, the aphoristic style in All's Well offers puzzlement, riddling, and implicit or explicit challenge.
Academic text (2005) -
The same moralist prejudgment is represented, even in common parlance, in the aphoristic idea that the law of 'the necessary restitution of just cause' is the law by which human affairs, including history, run their course.
Academic text (2016) -
Diana's aphoristic rumination concludes the scene: "In this disguise I think't no sin/To cozen him that would unjustly win."
Academic text (2005) -
In the poem's aphoristic format, this acquires the sharply weary knowingness we think of as Larkinesque, undeceived and grimly lucid.
Academic text (1991) -
She shared an aphoristic quote that perfectly captured the essence of the moment.
Synonyms
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Said or written in a short, clever way
Expressing ideas in short, clever phrases that are easy to remember
Expressing ideas in short, wise statements
Speaking in short, wise sayings that sound puzzling
Being short and clever like a wise saying
How Pithy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Aphoristic comes from aphorism, which goes back to a Greek root meaning 'to define' or 'set apart'. So an aphoristic remark is a short, clear, and often wise statement that 'defines' an idea, like a proverb.