Tragedic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Tragedic is an adjective meaning Relating to tragedy, the genre.
Meaning
Relating to tragedy, the genre.
Example Sentences
The capacity of pastoral to assimilate a tragedic apparatus is tested in Il pastor fido.
The emotions of fear and pity, in Aristotle's account of tragedic emotion, would therefore correspond to the beginning and ending in his account of tragedic plot.
In 1911 the poet wrote a brilliant book in which he discusses three aspects of Dostoevsky's work: "Tragedic" (which we noted in our definition of "novel-tragedy"), "Mythological," and "Theological."
Nevertheless, the play also establishes him as an ethically compromised, fifth-century tragedic version of Achilles, much as its Odysseus is a late fifth-century tragedic version of his epic namesake.
Antonyms for tragedic
Common opposites include comedic.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tragedial, tragedical, tragic, tragedious, tragicomedic, tragical.
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