paean
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈpiːən/
- Literature
:
canto de alabanza
- Queen City is a paean to Buffalo and the people who live here.
Examples
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Her discussion of the city in the profile became a paean to a form.
Academic text (2002) -
Many artists have created paeans to celebrate the importance of love in human life.
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The series finale was a paean to love and individual fulfillment.
Academic text (2005) -
In short, the essay is a paean to wealth, which became for its author a synonym for power and freedom.
Academic text (2003) -
The card is a paean to what European occupation has wrought: a booming copper industry, European-style shops, and automobiles.
Academic text (2007) -
Christian moralists took his paintings as manifestations of biblical beliefs; secular leftists took them as humanistic paeans to the working poor.
Academic text (2007) -
The poet's latest work is a paean honoring the beauty of nature and its many wonders.
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The speech delivered at the award ceremony was a heartfelt paean to the achievements of the honorees.
Synonyms
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A song for a country, school, or religion that shows love and loyalty
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Words or actions showing respect for a god
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A speech or piece of writing that praises someone who died
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A speech or piece of writing that praises someone highly
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A song that praises a god, often sung in ancient Greece
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A public speech or writing that praises someone very much
Antonyms
How Praiseful
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word paean comes from the ancient Greek paian, which was a public song to thank a god or to celebrate a victory. So a paean today is like an 'anthem' or 'song of praise', a warm and enthusiastic tribute.