aphoristicity

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From aphoristic +‎ -ity.

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aphoristicity (uncountable)

  1. The state, quality, or condition of being aphoristic
    • 1999, S. R. Sudarshan, Encyclopaedia of Indian Medicine, Popular Prakashan, →ISBN, page 181:
      Yukti - dipikā and Jayamangalā, theory of evolution is the notion of multiplicSāṁkhya - pravachana - sūtra (an aphoristicity of inefficient but necessary purushas. The work ascribed to KAPILA, and, on which outlook is thoroughly []
    • 2008, Shaping the Common Law: From Glanvill to Hale, 1188-1688, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 104:
      This was clearly imitative of Latin, and it was a long time before the developed vernaculars evolved a large range of aphorism. Europeans long preferred their dalliance with aphoristicity in Latin! Indeed, that is a principal reason why []
    • 2012 December 6, A.G. Kusraev, Semën Samsonovich Kutateladze, Nonstandard Methods of Analysis, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 9:
      The antihumanistic spirit of the paper by G.Berkeley is combined with aphoristicity, subtle observations and killing precision of expression. “... By inconsistent supposition truth may be obtained, but not science though”, []

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