hortatory

/'hɔ:tətiv/ Cách viết khác : (hortatory) /'hɔ:tətəri/

Thân thiện

The coach gave a hortatory speech to the team before the game.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Intended to strongly encourage or urge someone to take a specific action or adopt a particular attitude: The word describes language, a speech, or a tone that is exhortative, advisory, and aimed at inciting or motivating an audience.

Usage

• The word hortatory is a formal adjective, primarily used in academic, literary, or rhetorical contexts to describe a style of communication.
• It is typically applied to speeches, sermons, essays, or passages that are designed to inspire action or moral improvement.
• It often modifies nouns like , , , , , or .

Examples

• The coach's hortatory speech at halftime inspired the team to a remarkable comeback.
• The document was more hortatory than legally binding, urging nations to cooperate rather than forcing them.
• Her writing shifted from descriptive to hortatory as she passionately advocated for policy change.

Advanced Usage

• Hortatory subjunctive: In grammar, this refers to a subjunctive mood used in certain languages (like Latin or Greek) to express an exhortation or strong encouragement (e.g., "Let us go").
• Hortatory discourse: A type of communication or writing whose primary purpose is to exhort or advise.

Variants and Related Words

• Hortative (adjective): A synonym, often used interchangeably with .
• Exhort (verb): To strongly encourage or urge someone to do something.
• Exhortation (noun): An address or communication emphatically urging someone to do something.

Synonyms

• Exhortative
• Encouraging
• Persuasive
• Advisory
• Inciting
• Motivational

Antonyms

• Discouraging
• Dissuasive
• Deterrent

Học thuật

Adjective

1. giving strong encouragement

Từ đồng nghĩa

• exhortative
• exhortatory
• hortative