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exemplification

exemplification noun: the act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by example.

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.
    • 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...
  3. A copy or transcript attested to be correct by the seal of an officer having custody of the original.

exemplification meaning in Sanskrit

exemplification in Sanskrit

exemplification, illustration, explanation
उद्देश uddeśa

Forms of exemplification

pluralexemplifications

Origin of exemplification

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

Words formed from exemplification

Words that rhyme with exemplification

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Questions about exemplification

What does exemplification mean?
Exemplification means the act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by example.
What is exemplification in Sanskrit?
Exemplification in Sanskrit is उद्देश (uddeśa). See Exemplification meaning in Sanskrit.
What part of speech is exemplification?
Exemplification is a noun.
What is the plural of exemplification?
The plural of exemplification is exemplifications.

Words near exemplification in the dictionary

  1. exemplifiable
  2. exemplificate
  3. exemplificated
  4. exemplificates
  5. exemplificating
  6. exemplification
  7. exemplificational
  8. exemplifications
  9. exemplificative
  10. exemplificator
  11. exemplificators

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Adapted from Wiktionary: exemplification (page history and authors); उद्देश (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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