antipoetic

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English

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Etymology

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From anti- +‎ poetic.

Adjective

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antipoetic (comparative more antipoetic, superlative most antipoetic)

  1. Opposed to poetry.
    • 1982, Richard Olson, Science Deified and Science Defied:
      It is very hard to see Plato as an antipoetic scientist, for Plato was himself a poet, communicating his ideas in allegorical and mythic form.

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French antipoétique. By surface analysis, anti- +‎ poetic.

Adjective

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antipoetic m or n (feminine singular antipoetică, masculine plural antipoetici, feminine and neuter plural antipoetice)

  1. antipoetic

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