prophases

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The actual reasons for going to war. These may differ from proschemata, the pretexts offered to the public.
  2. plural of prophase form-of,plural

词形变化

prophases plural prophaseis plural

词源

Ancient Greek πρόφασις (próphasis, “pretense, pretext, excuse”), first popularized by Thucydides, who attempted to discern Athens' alethestate prophasis, or "truest reason" for waging war on Sparta in the Peloponnesian War.
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