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Definition of Sisyphean
1. Adjective. Of or relating to Sisyphus.
2. Adjective. Both extremely effortful and futile.
Definition of Sisyphean
1. a. Relating to Sisyphus; incessantly recurring; as, Sisyphean labors.
Definition of Sisyphean
1. Adjective. Incessant or incessantly recurring, but futile. ¹
2. Adjective. Relating to Sisyphus. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sisyphean
Literary usage of Sisyphean
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life & Public Services of Simon Sterne by John Foord (1903)
"CHAPTER IX THE sisyphean LABOUR OF MUNICIPAL REFORM THE immediate issue of the
municipal reform movement to which the Committee of Seventy had given shape ..."
2. The Life & Public Services of Simon Sterne by John Foord (1903)
"CHAPTER IX THE sisyphean LABOUR OF MUNICIPAL REFORM THE immediate issue of the
municipal reform movement to which the Committee of Seventy had given shape ..."
3. The Life & Public Services of Simon Sterne by John Foord (1903)
"CHAPTER IX THE sisyphean LABOUR OF MUNICIPAL REFORM THE immediate issue of the
municipal reform movement to which the Committee of Seventy had given shape ..."
4. Alcoholism: A Study in Heredity by George Archdall O'Brien Reid (1901)
"... impossible from the biological standpoint — Can only aggravate the evil — A
sisyphean task—The true remedy—The obstacle imposed by man—The alternatives. ..."
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