honorific
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
honorific (plural honorifics)
- A title. (e.g., Mister, Misses, Doctor, Professor)
- A term of respect; respectful language.
(linguistics) A word or word form expressing the speaker's respect for the hearer or the referent.
- German: Honorifikum, Höflichkeitsform
- Portuguese: título honorífico
- Russian: гонорати́в
honorific
- Showing or conferring honour and respect.
- 1996, T. P. Wiseman, “The Minucii and Their Monument”, in Jerzy Linderski (editor), Imperium Sine Fine: T. Robert S. Broughton and the Roman Republic, Franz Steiner Verlag, ISBN 978-3-515-06948-9, page 59 ↗:
- According to Pliny, the custom of setting up honorific statues on columns was a comparably ancient one.
- 1996, T. P. Wiseman, “The Minucii and Their Monument”, in Jerzy Linderski (editor), Imperium Sine Fine: T. Robert S. Broughton and the Roman Republic, Franz Steiner Verlag, ISBN 978-3-515-06948-9, page 59 ↗:
- Based on or valuing honor
- 2010, Orlando Patterson, “The mechanisms of cultural reproduction: explaining the puzzle of persistence”, in John R. Hall et al. (editors), Handbook of Cultural Sociology, Taylor & Francis, ISBN 978-0-415-47445-0, page 143 ↗:
- In the honorific cultural process, individuals (especially men) are extremely sensitive to real or perceived insults, and […]
- 2010, Orlando Patterson, “The mechanisms of cultural reproduction: explaining the puzzle of persistence”, in John R. Hall et al. (editors), Handbook of Cultural Sociology, Taylor & Francis, ISBN 978-0-415-47445-0, page 143 ↗:
- Portuguese: honorífico
- Spanish: honorífico
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