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ex·em·pli·fi·ca·tion

 (ĭg-zĕm′plə-fĭ-kā′shən)
n.
1. The act of exemplifying.
2. One that exemplifies; an example.
3. Law An officially certified copy of a document.
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ex•em•pli•fi•ca•tion

(ɪgˌzɛm plə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən)

n.
1. the act of exemplifying.
2. something that exemplifies; an illustration or example.
3. an attested copy of a document, under official seal.
[1400–50; < Medieval Latin]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.exemplification - showing by example
illustration
demo, demonstration - a visual presentation showing how something works; "the lecture was accompanied by dramatic demonstrations"; "the lecturer shot off a pistol as a demonstration of the startle response"
2.exemplification - a representational or typifying form or modelexemplification - a representational or typifying form or model
typification
representational process - any basic cognitive process in which some entity comes to stand for or represent something else
picture - a typical example of some state or quality; "the very picture of a modern general"; "she was the picture of despair"
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exemplification

[ɪgˌzemplɪfɪˈkeɪʃən] N → ejemplificación f
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exemplification

n → Erläuterung f, → Veranschaulichung f, → Exemplifizierung f (geh)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

exemplification

[ɪgˌzɛmplɪfɪˈkeɪʃ/ən] n → esemplificazione f
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If you do, you may now proceed to their exemplification in the following pages: if you do not, you have, I assure you, already read more than you have understood; and it would be wiser to pursue your business, or your pleasures (such as they are), than to throw away any more of your time in reading what you can neither taste nor comprehend.
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Hence the Three Laws, mentioned above, suffice for the better regulated States, and may be accepted as a rough exemplification of our Female Code.
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Of this truth, the management of the opposition to the federal government is an unvaried exemplification. But among all the blunders which have been committed, none is more striking than the attempt to enlist on that side the prudent jealousy entertained by the people, of standing armies.
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She seized, with an unsteady hand, the precious manuscript, for half a glance sufficed to ascertain written characters; and while she acknowledged with awful sensations this striking exemplification of what Henry had foretold, resolved instantly to peruse every line before she attempted to rest.
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It was the sad confession and continual exemplification of the shortcomings of the composite man, the spirit burdened with clay and working in matter, and of the despair that assails the higher nature at finding itself so miserably thwarted by the earthly part.
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By rejecting the Platonist's ontological assay of things, the conceptualist, for example, can hold coherently that logically prior to his abstraction of any property God is as he is without standing in an exemplification relation to properties.
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Gazmin also thanked the troops for taking part in the Balikatan: This is a clear exemplification of 'honor, courage, commitment,' the core values of the US Navy.
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Individual chapters are focused on narration, description, writing good paragraphs, process analysis, illustration and exemplification, and a wide variety of other related subjects.
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Malik Gaines's thoughtful response to my essay "Material Witness: Visual Evidence and the Case of Eric Garner, " as well as criticism expressed elsewhere by William Pope.L, reminds me that choosing an example with which to make a point is ultimately a form of representation, and like all acts of exemplification it can slide into stereotype or ethnic profiling.
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To do so, we first provide an overview of exemplification theory.
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The guide hails the dish as an "edible exemplification of multicultural Britain" and describes it as "a vibrant-red vision, so bright it glows".
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