单词 | exemplificative |
释义 | exemplificativeadj. That acts or serves as an example; intended to illustrate or exemplify (cf. exemplative adj. 2). Also: that provides examples. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > [adjective] > of or relating to exemplification > furnishing (an) example(s) ensampialc1449 exemplary1623 exemplarizing1652 exemplificatory1810 exemplificative1826 exemplative1834 paradigmatic1973 1826 J. Bentham in Westm. Rev. Oct. 498 Distinguishable shapes..the ratiocinative, the instructional, the exemplificative. 1889 Nation (N.Y.) 31 Jan. 96/2 Of this truism, in the province of our vernacular philology, the still frequent onslaughts on reliable are noticeably exemplificative. 1977 M. W. Wartofsky Feuerbach (1982) i. 9 It is hard to say whether his [sc. Hegel's] practice is participatory or merely exemplificative. 1981 G. S. Morson Boundaries of Genre ii. 49 Literature may..be emblematic of changing concerns and exemplificative of quite different propositions to different sets of readers. 2010 K. Mitchell Hist. & Cultural Memory Neo-Victorian Fiction ii. 62 The sheer multiplicities of our fascination cannot be simply dismissed as exemplificative of an uncritical reverence for the past. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1826 |
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