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dyslogistic

[ dis-luh-jis-tik ]

adjective

  1. conveying disapproval or censure; not complimentary or eulogistic.


dyslogistic

/ ˌɪəˈɪɪ /

adjective

  1. rare.
    disapproving
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌˈپ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • l·t·· adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dyslogistic1

First recorded in 1795–1805; dys- + (eu)logistic
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dyslogistic1

C19: from dys- + -logistic, as in eulogistic
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Example Sentences

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It has come to be a dyslogistic term, partly because all myths are lies, but still more because some of them are ignoble lies.

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As applied to the immature male of our kind, the adjective "good" seems to have been perverted from its original and ordinary signification, and to have acquired a dyslogistic one.

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And with every dyslogistic term, which he supposed had been applied to himself, he inflicted a new bruise on his rolling and roaring antagonist.

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