conspectusn.
/kənˈspɛktəs/, U.S. /kənˈspɛktəs/ 1. A general view or comprehensive survey (with the mind's eye).
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a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xxvi. 150 Unless you have descended from a conspectus of the whole face to a detailed examination of its parts.
1879 M. Pattison Milton ii. 19 To get at a conspectus of the general current of affairs rather than to study minutely a single period.
2. More usually concrete. A tabulation of particulars or details presenting a general view of them; a synopsis, digest.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [noun] > a mental view
viewc1450
surview1576
theoric1588
outlook1745
conspectus1839
mindstyle1976
society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > [noun] > synoptical statement
abstract1436
titling1465
capitulation1523
aphorism1528
argument1535
table1560
analysis1588
the brief1601
abstractive1611
synopsis1611
method1614
synopsy1616
modela1626
scheme1652
syllabus1653
précis1760
summing up1795
aperçu1828
conspectus1839
vidimus1884
auto-abstract1892
standfirst1972
1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe II. viii. 505 A compilation by Clessius..purporting to be a conspectus of the publications of the sixteenth century.
1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic vi. 168 I have brought together in the preceding Conspectus the principal technicalities and rules in the Aristotelic doctrine.
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