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invective
What does invective mean?
invective (noun): abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use invective in a sentence?
- Her so-called essay was actually an invective against the entire academy. (Tatoeba sentence #13562176 by rul, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce invective?
/ɪnˈvɛktɪv/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does invective come from?
From Middle French invective, from Medieval Latin invectiva (“abusive speech”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “invective” mean?
abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will
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any formal system of reasoning that arrives at a truth by the exchange of logical arguments
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a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations
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a set of rules used for forming the names or terms in a particular field of arts or sciences
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