Tragedic

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to tragedy, the genre.

    "In 1911 the poet wrote a brilliant book in which he discusses three aspects of Dostoevsky's work: "Tragedic" (which we noted in our definition of "novel-tragedy"), "Mythological," and "Theological.""

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"In 1911 the poet wrote a brilliant book in which he discusses three aspects of Dostoevsky's work: "Tragedic" (which we noted in our definition of "novel-tragedy"), "Mythological," and "Theological.""

Etymology

From tragedy + -ic.

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