-agogic-, -agogue, -agog, -agogic, -agoguery, -agogy

(Greek: usually a suffix meaning: lead, leading, leading forth, guide, guiding; bring, take; promoting, stimulating)


agogic, agogical
1. Of or pertaining to modeling in wax.
2. Applied to a kind of accent consisting in a lengthening of the time-value of the note; or accenting a musical note by extending it slightly beyond its normal time value. Also called agogic accent.
agogics
The use of agogic accents.
anagoge
1. Spiritual elevation or enlightenment; especially, to understand mysteries.
2. Mystical or spiritual interpretation; an Old Testament typification of something in the New Testament.
anagogic
Of or pertaining to anagoge; mystical, spiritualized.
anagogical
Of words and their sense: mystical, spiritual, having a secondary spiritual sense, allegorical.
anagogy
1. Psychic content of an idealistic or spiritual nature.
2. A mystical interpretation of a word passage , or text, especially
scriptural exegesis that discovers allusions to heaven or the afterlife.
andragogy, andragogue
1. The methods or techniques used to teach adults.

Mistakenly used to refer to adult education for both male and female learners. “Mistakenly” because andro, -andra- refer only to males.
2. Another erroneous definition is, "the art and science of helping adults learn".

anthropagogy
Another coined term referring to adult education.
antigalactagogue
An agent for suppressing lactation.
antisialagogue
Medicine which stops or reduces secretion of saliva.
apagoge, apagogic, apagogical
A demonstration that does not prove a thing directly, but shows the absurdity or impossibility of denying it.

A reductio ad absurdum, "reduction to absurdity" is disproof of a principle or proposition by showing that it leads to an absurdity when followed to its logical conclusion.

apagogy
The use or practice of apagogical reasoning.
archisynagogue, archsynagogue
The ruler of a synagogue.
caccagogue
An ointment made of alum and honey that is used to promote stool.
cholagogic

Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "master, lead, leading, ruler, ruling, govern": agon-; arch-; -crat; dom-; gov-; magist-; poten-; regi-; tyran-.


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