ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Syntopical

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Syntopical is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to a type of analysis in which different works are compared and contrasted.

Meaning

Of or pertaining to a type of analysis in which different works are compared and contrasted.

Example Sentences

(...) and it is their words and wisdom, accumulated over long periods of syntopical reading, that make up this text.
After finishing his syntopical reading of the leaders' speeches, he wrote an essay comparing the language used by Reagan, Carter, Gorbachev, and Qaddafi.
A good college, if it does nothing else, ought to produce competent syntopical readers. A college degree ought to represent general competence in reading such that a graduate could read any kind of material for general readers and be able to undertake independent research on almost any subject (for that is what syntopical reading, among other things, enables you to do).

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include comparatival, omnicomparativist, juxtaposed, contrasted, comparative, contrastive.

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