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pyrrhic victory
(encz) | Pyrrhic victory,Pyrrhovo vítězství [hist.] ~ vyjadřuje formální
vítězství či úspěch, které ve skutečnosti ve svých důsledcích žádným
vítězstvím či úspěchem není. mamm & Wikipedie |
Pyrrhic victory
(gcide) | Pyrrhic \Pyr"rhic\, a. [L. pyrrhichius, Gr. ? belonging to the ?
(sc. ?) a kind of war dance.]
1. Of or pertaining to an ancient Greek martial dance. " ye
have the pyrrhic dance as yet." --Byron.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Pros.) Of or pertaining to a pyrrhic, or to pyrrhics;
containing pyrrhic; as, a pyrrhic verse.
[1913 Webster]
Pyrrhic victory [From Pyrrhus, king of Epirus.],
(a) a victory in which the winning side sustains very
heavy losses.
(b) any act supposedly benefitting the actor, for which
the costs outweight the benefits.
[PJC] |
pyrrhic victory
(wn) | Pyrrhic victory
n 1: a victory that is won by incurring terrible losses |
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Pyrrhic victory
(gcide) | Pyrrhic \Pyr"rhic\, a. [L. pyrrhichius, Gr. ? belonging to the ?
(sc. ?) a kind of war dance.]
1. Of or pertaining to an ancient Greek martial dance. " ye
have the pyrrhic dance as yet." --Byron.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Pros.) Of or pertaining to a pyrrhic, or to pyrrhics;
containing pyrrhic; as, a pyrrhic verse.
[1913 Webster]
Pyrrhic victory [From Pyrrhus, king of Epirus.],
(a) a victory in which the winning side sustains very
heavy losses.
(b) any act supposedly benefitting the actor, for which
the costs outweight the benefits.
[PJC] |
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