This passage is virtually the peroration of the Ethics; the few paragraphs that follow are concerned with the transition to politics.
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Peroration
//pɛɹəˈɹeɪʃən//
Synonyms for "peroration" (138 found)
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Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (41)
Related words (69)
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10 entriesTranslations
7 translations across 6 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐπίλογος noun (conclusion of a discourse)
Bulgarian
1 entries- резюме noun (conclusion of a discourse)
French
1 entries- péroraison noun (conclusion of a discourse)
German
2 entries- Redeschluss noun (conclusion of a discourse)
- Zusammenfassung noun (conclusion of a discourse)
Occitan
1 entries- perorason noun (conclusion of a discourse)
Swedish
1 entries- sammanfattning noun (conclusion of a discourse)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The young man achieved perfect timing, for the last word of his peroration coincided with the muffled clap of the doors closing, after having launched the coffin onto the rails of a subterranean railway.
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His peroration, to which, he [JD Vance] said, he had given much thought, would feature, for his mic drop, a pearl of wisdom from “the great prophet and statesman” Richard Milhous Nixon.
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Nephew, what means this passionate discourse, This peroration with such circumstance?
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