Eulogy

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The Eloge [ e'loːʒə ] is an address or a written utterance that is emphasized by eulogy, honorable words and compliments.

Etymology, classification of the term, meaning

The word was borrowed from French éloge , this in turn from Latin elogium "saying / -sage, inscription, advertisement" from ancient Greek εὐλογία eulogia "eulogy, good speech".

According to the onomasiological word classification system according to Franz Dornseiff , the word can be found, for example, in a meaning group (section 15.23) with the words praise, applause, hosanna, hymn, laudation, praise, eulogy or in a further meaning group (section 15.30) along with the words courtesy, greeting, politeness, gallantry, compliment, phrase , and the like. In contrast, only a few encyclopedias and digital reference works see the eulogy as "negative" in the sense of exaggerated praise, exuberant eulogy, flattery. The general, consistently positive use of language, as it is reflected in generally accessible publications, is scientifically comprehensively documented.

Historical

The éloges , which were held as obituaries for deceased members of the French Academy of Sciences , were / are famous . Since the time of Louis XIV, every new member introduced himself to his deceased predecessor through an Éloge historique. Éloges were / are largely ritualized and avoid critical comments on the person and life's work of the deceased. Other academies also honored deceased members based on the Parisian model through Éloges, such as B. the Prussian Academy of the Arts in Berlin.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Digital dictionary of the German language, published by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, and vocabulary lexicon of the University of Leipzig link: http://wortschatz.uni-leipzig.de .
  2. ↑ For example the Duden, here both the spelling and foreign words. The foreign dictionary. Mannheim, Vienna, Zurich 1997. ISBN 3-41104056-4 , p. 221.
  3. ↑ See online vocabulary dictionary of the University of Leipzig.
  4. ↑ Cf. Matthias Doerries, Truth, Myth and Politics. Physicists lie in the French Academy of Science.
  5. ↑ On the Éloge auf Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff see Hans-Joachim Kadatz: Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff. Master builder Friedrich II. Seemann, Leipzig 1985, p. 208
  6. ↑ Essai sur les éloges , a literary theoretical study of the genre of the award speech. Paris, Delalaine 1829.

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