Dilogy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈdɪləd͡ʒi/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Dilogy is a noun meaning Ambiguous or equivocal speech or discourse.
Meaning
Ambiguous or equivocal speech or discourse.
More Meanings
- Repetition of a word or phrase.
- (countable, nonstandard) A series of two related works.
Example Sentences
why tragedy took the form of a trilogy — not a dilogy, tetralogy, or single drama
Most notable of these are his “dilogy” The Salamander (1841) and The Cosmorama (1839)
another school of thought, for which Purphoros is a mirage, a mere doublet of Purkaeus, and there were never more than two linked Prometheus plays -- as it were a dilogy
Word Forms
- dilogies
Synonyms for dilogy
Depending on context, synonyms include duology.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include diglossia, duplicitness, dimery, ambidextry, bidialectalism, doublemindedness.
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