logos
pronunciation
How to pronounce logos in British English:
UK ['lɒgɒs]
How to pronounce logos in American English:
US ['lɒgɒs]
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- Noun:
- the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus)
Word Origin
- logos (n.)
- 1580s, Logos, "the divine Word, second person of the Christian Trinity," from Greek logos "word, speech, discourse," also "reason," from PIE root *leg- "to collect" (with derivatives meaning "to speak," on notion of "to pick out words;" see lecture (n.)); used by Neo-Platonists in various metaphysical and theological senses and picked up by New Testament writers. Other English formations from logos include logolatry "worship of words, unreasonable regard for words or verbal truth" (1810 in Coleridge); logomania (1870); logophobia (1923).
Example
- 1. The greeks called them mythos and logos .
- 2. Some cars were plastered with multiple club logos .
- 3. Moreover , the future of luxury spending will be less focused on big logos and flashy brands than earlier generations .
- 4. But then logos are a fluffy subject ; I have never heard anyone say anything that wasn 't daft about the thinking behind any change .
- 5. Logos aren 't always what they seem .