herostratic
/ˌhɪɹoʊˈstɹætɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Alternative letter-case form of herostratic.
Example Sentences
- "Would his unconscious feelings of inadequacy be overcome by his Herostratic act (considered as expiation through punishment)?"
- "Recent U.S. examples of Herostratic terrorists are Arthur Bremer, Samuel Bych, and John Hinckley Jr. Bremer shot Governor George Wallace in May 1972, leaving Wallace paralyzed for life."
- "The Herostratic criminal manifested self-destructive desires aiming to achieve goals with any means while simultaneously generating ‘self-glorification’ and feelings of insecurity among the public (Borowitz 2005)."
Etymology
From Herostratus + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives from nouns). Herostratus is a learned borrowing from Latin Hērostratus, from Ancient Greek Ἡρόστρατος (Hēróstratos), from Ἥρᾱ (Hḗrā, “Greek goddess of marriage, women, and family”) + στρᾰτός (strătós, “army, military force; band or body of men; common people”). Herostratus (died c. 356 B.C.E.) was a Greek arsonist who sought fame by destroying the second Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (now in Izmir Province, Turkey), according to tradition by setting fire to it on 21 July 356 B.C.E., the birth date of Alexander the Great.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Ἡρόστρατος
- Suffix: Herostratus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌhɪɹoʊˈstɹætɪk/
- British English: /ˌhɪəɹəʊˈstɹætɪk/
Inflected Forms
more herostratic (comparative)
most herostratic (superlative)