anatreptic

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Rebutting; overthrowing; defeating; applied to Plato's refutative dialogues. not-comparable
    — The Agonistic dialogues , supposed to resemble the combat , were either Endeictic, as exhibiting a specimen of skill , or Anatreptic, presenting the spectacle of a perfect defeat .

词源

From Ancient Greek ἀνατρέπω (anatrépō, “overturn, upset, refute”).
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