thymotic

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈθaɪ.mɒt.ɪk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈθaɪ.mɑ.tɪk/, [ˈθaɪ.mɑ.ɾɪk]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈθɑɪ.mɔt.ɪk/

Adjective

thymotic (not comparable)

1. (chemistry) Of, related to, or derived from thymotic acid or thymol.
   • 1908, Philip Wilfred Robertson, “Orthobromophenols and some bromonitrophenols”, in Journal of the Chemical Society, volume 93, page 788:

     As thymotic acid is extremely difficult to obtain, it was found advisable to follow the method of Claus and Krause (J. p. Chem., 1891, [ii], 43, 347), and to prepare 2-bromothymol by decomposing 2-bromothymol-6-sulphonic acid with hydrochloric acid in a sealed tube […]

2. (philosophy) Of, of related to the thymos.
   • 2013, Ross Abbinnett, Politics of Happiness: Connecting the Philosophical Ideas of Hegel, Nietzsche and Derrida to the Political Ideologies of Happiness:

     The truth of humanity, in other words, has arisen from conflicts that are essentially 'thymotic', that is, concerned with the conditions of ethical, political, and moral recognition.