Pentad:
A group or set of five things or elements.
EXAMPLES
- The pentad of the five elements: earth, water, fire, air, and spirit.
- In linguistics, a pentad might refer to the five key aspects of a narrative.
- During the presentation, we focused on a pentad of essential marketing strategies.
Noted in “Everybody wants your 5-star rating. Even your cardiologist.” Ashley Fetters Maloy, WaPo:
Sometimes what’s irksome is the sheer audacity. One X user described a delivery guy rooting around in her garage then asking for a five-star review; another was put off by a waiter who asked for one despite reeking of cigarette smoke. Many people have revealed their policies of giving negative reviews when asked specifically for positive ones or using surveys to complain about surveys; some describe feeling harassed or badgered, even bribed or quid pro quo’d into giving their experience the full pentad of approval. I, for one, remember that years ago a WaveRunner tour company in New Jersey withheld souvenir photos — me and each of my bridesmaids breezing past the Statue of Liberty, naturally — until I had left a five-star review on Google that mentioned the staffer who had asked for it by name.
