Thersitean

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Thersitean (comparative more Thersitean, superlative most Thersitean)

  1. (Greek mythology) Of or relating to Thersites, a Greek soldier during the Trojan War who was punished for his outspoken criticism of Agamemnon.
    • 2005, Simon Barker, Shakespeare's Problem Plays:
      It is instructive to compare the Thersitean critique of communal identity with the narratives of an emergent English nationalism.
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