Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lethetic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: le-thet-ic
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Failing to mirror reality, purely escapist or nonsensical.

Example Sentences

"These lethetic fictions cut their ties to the real world, refusing to be mirrors of life."
"If the structure of language is accepted as mirroring the world, the trope ceases to be a lethetic figure"
"Lethetic reading, on the other hand, could be liberating and indeed is liberating for some of Kafka's characters and for Kafka himself some of the time"

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek λήθω (lḗthō, “to forget”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: λήθω

Inflected Forms

more lethetic (comparative) most lethetic (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

lethologica

Synonyms

unrealistic escapist fantastic

Antonyms

alethetic

Questions

What does lethetic mean?: Failing to mirror reality, purely escapist or nonsensical.
Where does lethetic come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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