Ennealogy vs Octalogy - What's the difference?
ennealogy | octalogy | Related terms |
A speech or treatise consisting of nine parts or chapters; any work in nine parts (compare trilogy (3-part), tetralogy (4-part), etc.).
* 1992 , Andrew Lawrence Markus (English quoter), August Pfizmaier (German author), “Über den Text eines japanischen Drama’s” (1870), page 115, quoted in The Willow in Autumn: Ry?tei Tanehiko, 1783-1842 , Harvard University Asia Center, ISBN 978-0-674-95351-2,
* 2009 , Roger Cooke, “
*2011 , Ralph Raab, The Tamerlane Trap , iUniverse,
*:Of course, nobody in their right mind would want to commit to an octalogy, ennealogy , or decalogy—or even more!— unless you were a fan of, say, Lemony Snicket (rare) # A set of eight works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as eight individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
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Octalogy is a related term of ennealogy.
As nouns the difference between ennealogy and octalogy
is that ennealogy is a speech or treatise consisting of nine parts or chapters; any work in nine parts (compare trilogy (3-part), tetralogy (4-part), etc.) while octalogy is # A set of eight works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as eight individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.ennealogy
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Noun
(ennealogies)page 76:
- These works […] appear, upon closer scrutiny, to be dramatic, and are actually the seventh and eighth parts of an “ennealogy ” (as it were), perhaps “polylogy,” for dramas in Japan frequently are protracted to such lengths.
Review of Naming Infinity”, page 11:
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octalogy
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Alternative forms
* octologyNoun
(octalogies)- The Shakespearean octalogy which begins with Richard II. and ends with Richard III.
