exemplification

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

exemplification (countable and uncountable, plural exemplifications)

  1. The act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by example.
  2. That which exemplifies; a case in point; example.
    • 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 415, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in Polish):
      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.
  3. (law) A copy or transcript attested to be correct by the seal of an officer having custody of the original.

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Translations

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛɡ.zɑ̃.pli.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/
  • Audio (France (Lyon)):(file)

Noun

exemplification f (plural exemplifications)

  1. exemplification

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