Antipoetic
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Opposed to poetry.
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From anti- + poetic.
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