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All epitome synonyms

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noun epitome

  • personification — the attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure.
  • embodiment — A tangible or visible form of an idea, quality, or feeling.
  • height — extent or distance upward: The balloon stopped rising at a height of 500 feet.
  • quintessence — the pure and concentrated essence of a substance.
  • archetype — An archetype is something that is considered to be a perfect or typical example of a particular kind of person or thing, because it has all their most important characteristics.
  • apotheosis — If something is the apotheosis of something else, it is an ideal or typical example of it.
  • illustration — something that illustrates, as a picture in a book or magazine.
  • representation — the act of representing.
  • type — a number of things or persons sharing a particular characteristic, or set of characteristics, that causes them to be regarded as a group, more or less precisely defined or designated; class; category: a criminal of the most vicious type.
  • typification — to serve as a typical example of; exemplify.
  • ultimate — last; furthest or farthest; ending a process or series: the ultimate point in a journey; the ultimate style in hats.
  • last word — the closing remark or comment, as in an argument: By the rules of debate she would have the last word.
  • abbreviation — An abbreviation is a short form of a word or phrase, made by leaving out some of the letters or by using only the first letter of each word.
  • abridgment — a shortened version of a written work
  • abstract — An abstract idea or way of thinking is based on general ideas rather than on real things and events.
  • brief — Something that is brief lasts for only a short time.
  • compendium — A compendium is a short but detailed collection of information, usually in a book.
  • condensation — Condensation consists of small drops of water which form when warm water vapour or steam touches a cold surface such as a window.
  • conspectus — an overall view; survey
  • contraction — When a woman who is about to give birth has contractions, she experiences a very strong, painful tightening of the muscles of her womb.
  • digest — to convert (food) in the alimentary canal into absorbable form for assimilation into the system.
  • recapitulation — the act of recapitulating or the state of being recapitulated.
  • summary — a comprehensive and usually brief abstract, recapitulation, or compendium of previously stated facts or statements.
  • summation — the act or process of summing.
  • syllabus — an outline or other brief statement of the main points of a discourse, the subjects of a course of lectures, the contents of a curriculum, etc.
  • synopsis — a brief or condensed statement giving a general view of some subject.
  • precis — a concise summary.
  • resume — a summing up; summary.
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