noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of typifying. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   the act of representing by a type or symbol; the action of typifying wordnet
3. 3
   Something which typifies: which serves as a type. countable

   "Near-synonym: exemplar"

4. 4
   a representational or typifying form or model wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

exemplificationallegorycross sectionembodimentexampleexemplar

Etymology

From type + -ification.

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