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- US Pronunciation
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- [ah-gah-pey, ah-guh-pey, ag-uh-]
- /ɑˈgɑ peɪ, ˈɑ gəˌpeɪ, ˈæg ə-/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [ah-gah-pey, ah-guh-pey, ag-uh-]
- /ɑˈgɑ peɪ, ˈɑ gəˌpeɪ, ˈæg ə-/
Definitions of agapai word
- noun plural agapai the love of God or Christ for humankind. 1
- noun plural agapai the love of Christians for other persons, corresponding to the love of God for humankind. 1
- noun plural agapai unselfish love of one person for another without sexual implications; brotherly love. 1
- noun plural agapai love feast (defs 1, 2). 1
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Origin of agapai
First appearance:
before 1600 One of the 39% oldest English words
First recorded in 1600-10, agape is from the Greek word agápē ‘love’
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Parts of speech for Agapai
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
agapai popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
agapai usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for agapai
noun agapai
- benignity — the quality of being benign; favourable attitude
- love — a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- magnanimity — the quality of being magnanimous.
- bountiful — A bountiful supply or amount of something pleasant is a large one.
- goodness — the state or quality of being good.
Antonyms for agapai
noun agapai
- dislike — to regard with displeasure, antipathy, or aversion: I dislike working. I dislike oysters.
- hate — to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
- hatred — the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
- selfishness — devoted to or caring only for oneself; concerned primarily with one's own interests, benefits, welfare, etc., regardless of others.
- animosity — Animosity is a strong feeling of dislike and anger. Animosities are feelings of this kind.