1. giving or serving as encouragement; exhortatory
Usage: formal; literary

1. a work or speech that encourages or exhorts
Usage: formal; literary

Examples

• The teacher’s protreptic words motivated the students to pursue their dreams.
• His protreptic speech inspired the graduates to make a difference in the world.
• The ancient philosopher wrote a protreptic encouraging young people to study wisdom.
• Her protreptic essay urged readers to embrace lifelong learning.
• The coach delivered a protreptic address before the championship game.
• Aristotle’s lost work was considered a classic protreptic of ancient literature.