aretegenic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "This aretegenic (virtue producing) function of theology was at the heart of theology prior to modernity."
- "199?,, Colin E. Gunton, in The Church as a School of Virtue?: Human Formation in Trinitarian Framework, speaking before the Heidelberger Ökumenisches Forum Good theology is aretegenic, productive of virtue."
Etymology
Coined by Episcopalian theologian Ellen T. Charry in 1997 in "By the Renewing of Your Minds" →ISBN. From Ancient Greek ἀρετή (aretḗ, “virtue”) and γεννάω (gennáō, “to beget”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ἀρετή