Explore Aphoristic through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like axiomatic or saying. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Aphoristic in a sentence
Aphoristic meaning
Of, relating to, or containing aphorisms, epigrams, or maxims; gnomic.
Synonyms of Aphoristic
Using Aphoristic
- The main meaning on this page is: Of, relating to, or containing aphorisms, epigrams, or maxims; gnomic.
- Useful related words include: axiomatic, saying, expression, locution.
- In the example corpus, aphoristic often appears in combinations such as: an aphoristic.
Context around Aphoristic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Aphoristic
- In this selection, "aphoristic" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, short, 528, style, statements and poetic stand out and add context to how "aphoristic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include are also aphoristic and sūtra and cultivated an aphoristic style the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "aphoristic" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with aphoristic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Settings of aphoristic poetic utterances, the songs are accompanied by a very large orchestra. (14 words)
The text includes 528 aphoristic sutras, about rules of reason, logic, epistemology and metaphysics. (14 words)
In Hinduism, sutra denotes a distinct type of literary composition, a compilation of short aphoristic statements. (16 words)
The longer and revised version of The Picture of Dorian Gray published in book form in 1891 featured an aphoristic preface—a defence of the artist's rights and of art for art's sake—based in part on his press defences of the novel the previous year. (48 words)
In the context of elaborating on Pāṇini's aphorisms, he also discusses Kātyāyana 's commentary, which are also aphoristic and sūtra-like; in the later tradition, these were transmitted as embedded in Patañjali's discussion. (35 words)
Because Hoffer cultivated an aphoristic style, the unpublished notebooks (dated from 1949 to 1977) contain very significant work. (18 words)
Example sentences (6)
Because Hoffer cultivated an aphoristic style, the unpublished notebooks (dated from 1949 to 1977) contain very significant work.
In Hinduism, sutra denotes a distinct type of literary composition, a compilation of short aphoristic statements.
In the context of elaborating on Pāṇini's aphorisms, he also discusses Kātyāyana 's commentary, which are also aphoristic and sūtra-like; in the later tradition, these were transmitted as embedded in Patañjali's discussion.
Settings of aphoristic poetic utterances, the songs are accompanied by a very large orchestra.
The longer and revised version of The Picture of Dorian Gray published in book form in 1891 featured an aphoristic preface—a defence of the artist's rights and of art for art's sake—based in part on his press defences of the novel the previous year.
The text includes 528 aphoristic sutras, about rules of reason, logic, epistemology and metaphysics.
Common combinations with aphoristic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an aphoristic 2×