Meaning & use
Agathokakological
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Composed of both good and evil.
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Coleridge described human nature itself as agathokakological, a mixture of virtue and vice.
Critics called the antihero an agathokakological figure, capable of both cruelty and self-sacrifice.
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A rare word coined by the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, blending the Greek roots for 'good' (agathos) and 'bad' (kakos).
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