adoxography
- noun
- /ˌæd.əˈzɒɡ.rə.fi/
- Literature
- The professor admired her adoxography when she eloquently praised the humble potato in her essay.
Examples
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His speech was a classic case of adoxography, extolling the virtues of an utterly useless artifact.
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Victorian writers sometimes engaged in adoxography to demonstrate their rhetorical skills in debating societies.
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Her latest book is an example of adoxography.
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Many consider his article on the topic to be adoxography.
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The author's adoxography about the beauty of everyday objects captivated the audience.
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In her latest article, she showcased her talent for adoxography by praising a discarded sandwich.
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His clever adoxography on the significance of mundane details revealed a unique perspective on life.
Synonyms
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9.9
An excited speech or writing that gives strong praise
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9.9
Language that praises someone very much in a formal way
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
adoxography = a + doxo + graphy
The word contains classical elements related to negation/opinion and writing, but its specialized meaning is not readily predictable for an average learner.
Etymology
Adoxography comes from Greek parts a- 'not', doxa 'praise' as in orthodox, and -graphy 'writing' as in biography. So, adoxography is 'writing that praises things that are not important', which is why it means skilled praise of trivial or low subjects.