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exemplification en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Middle English exemplificacion, exemplification, from Anglo-Norman exemplification, from Medieval Latin exemplificātiō.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by example.
2. (countable, uncountable) That which exemplifies; a case in point; example.
   • But the revolutionary movement of the proletariat is not the exemplification of a law in this sense, for although it is caused by history it is also the awareness of history. 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 415:
3. (countable, uncountable) A copy or transcript attested to be correct by the seal of an officer having custody of the original.

Forms

Deriveds

nonexemplification · exemplificational · counterexemplification

Translations (20)

ro exemplificare (case in point; example) · de originalgetreue Ausfertigung (copy or transcript attested to be correct by the seal of an officer having custody of the original) · fr exemplification (act of exemplifying) · ro exemplificare (act of exemplifying) · de Beispielgebung (act of exemplifying) · pl egzemplifikacja (case in point; example) · de Exempel (case in point; example) · de Veranschaulichung (case in point; example) · bg заверено копие (copy or transcript attested to be correct by the seal of an officer having custody of the original) · ro exemplu (case in point; example) · fi näyttäminen esimerkillä (act of exemplifying) · de Exemplifizierung (act of exemplifying) · pl zilustrowanie (act of exemplifying) · de Illustration (case in point; example) · fi oikeaksi todistettu jäljennös (copy or transcript attested to be correct by the seal of an officer having custody of the original) · fi esimerkki (case in point; example) · de Illustration (act of exemplifying) · pl egzemplifikacja (act of exemplifying) · bg илюстриране (act of exemplifying) · de Veranschaulichung (act of exemplifying)