Definition of Anankes

1. ananke [n] - See also: ananke

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anankes

anancastia
anancastic
anancastic personality
anancy
anandamide
anandamide amidohydrolase
anandite
anandria
anandrous
anangeon
anangioplasia
anangioplastic
anangular
anankastic
ananke
anankes (current term)
anantherous
ananthous
ananym
ananyms
anapaest
anapaestic
anapaestics
anapaests
anapaite
anapeiratic
anapest
anapestic
anapestical
anapestics

Literary usage of Anankes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Descriptive Guide to the Best Fiction, British and American by Ernest Albert Baker (1903)
"... and Toilers of th* test as representing Religion, one of the great anankes with which man is at odds. A grandiose romance, the tirst in which Hugo tried ..."

2. Gestalten und Wandlungen Schweizerischer Dichtung: Zehn Essays by Robert Faesi (1922)
"Gewiß ist es besser, daß ein mittleres Talent in seinen Grenzen bleibe, statt wie ein Spitteler in die Weltmaschine anankes hinunter, ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Anankes on Dictionary.com!Search for Anankes on Thesaurus.com!Search for Anankes on Google!Search for Anankes on Wikipedia!

Search