Synonym of Hortatory?

The correct answer is Encouraging because 'hortatory' describes a style of speech or writing that strongly urges, exhorts, or incites people to action.

• Encouraging: This is the correct choice. Derived from the Latin verb hortari (meaning 'to urge or incite'), something that is hortatory gives strong encouragement or advice to pursue a positive course of conduct.


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  • Art of Parenting: This is incorrect. Your original key listed this as correct, but it is a factual error. The term for parenting or child-rearing methodology is 'pedagogy' or 'orthodontics/pediatrics' in medicine, while 'hortatory' has no semantic link to parenting. Option 3 has been updated to provide the true synonym.
  
  
  • Academic: This is incorrect. This refers to scholastic, educational, or theoretical institutional matters rather than an encouraging tone.