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Encomium
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Meaning
Noun
●
Warm
praise
, especially a
formal
expression
of such
praise
; a tribute.
●
In Rhetoric:
A general
category
of oratory.
●
In Rhetoric:
A method within
rhetorical
pedagogy.
●
The
eighth
exercise
in the
progymnasmata
series.
●
In Literature:
A
genre
of
literature
that included
five
elements
:
prologue
,
birth
and
upbringing
,
acts
of the person's life,
comparisons
used to
praise
the
subject
, and an epilogue.
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Origin
encomium
English
encomium
Latin
ἐγκώμιον
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
ἐγκώμιος
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
κῶμος
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Sourced from
Etym
Related
Ode
Paean
Allusion
Exhortation
Eulogy
Panegyric
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