parathesis
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A thorough examination of a topic, juxtaposing both thesis and antithesis in order to achieve a final synthesis.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Both parathesis and suntaxis are constructions but they are never treated as constituents within larger constructions."
- "After all his Theses and their Applications, his Correspondent Alpha's and Beta's, his perplex'd Paragraphs, his intricate Paratheses, and his tædious Citations, what Doctrine of the Church of Rome has he establish'd, or what principle of Ours has he disprov'd?"
- "The Parathesis distinguisheth and sets aside within two half-squares some word or words , which are to be farther explained"
- "Parathesis is a distinctive feature of Otranto 's punctuation, and, like the variable dashes, gives the narrative the air of a playtext."
- "He adds, in telling and still mocking paratheses: “(I was moved).""
- "In their public discourse (books, articles, brochures, press releases), lawyers address these provisions in long paratheses, where each provision and its interpretation is added to the previous, until a specific theme (.e.g. surveillance vs privacy) is exhausted."