ἀλαζονεία

alazoneia

false pretension, imposture

Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 3
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Book II 1
Chapter 7 1107a28–1108b10

1108a21
Book IV 2
Chapter 7 1127a13–1127b32

1127a13
1127b28
Eudemian Ethics 2
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Book I 1
Chapter 6 1216b26–1217a17

1217a4
Book II 1
Chapter 3 1220b21–1221b26

1221a6
Rhetoric 2
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Book I 1
Chapter 2 1355b25–1358a35

1356a29
Book II 1
Chapter 6 1383b11–1385a15

1384a6
De Virtutibus et Vitiis 1
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Chapter 7 1251a19–1251b25

1251b2

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀλαζονεία, ἡ, A. false pretension, imposture, Pl. Grg. 525a, D. 22.47, etc., cf. Arist. EN 1127a13, Thphr. Char. 23; ὑπʼ ἀλαζονείας Ar. Ra. 919: in pl., Id. Eq. 290,903, Isoc. 12.20; boastfulness, Procop. Pers. 1.11 : metaph., ἀ. χορδῶν their over-readiness to sound, opp. ἐξάρνησις, Pl. R. 531b. [That penult. is long appears from Ar.ll. cc., Men. 737.]

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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