examen
noun
ex·a·men ig-ˈzā-mən 
1
: examination
2
: a critical study
Synonyms
- delving
- disquisition
- examination
- exploration
- inquest
- inquiry
- inquisition
- investigation
- probation
- probe
- probing
- research
- study
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Example Sentences
an examen of the president's assassination that has been plagued by controversy since its original publication an insightful examen of the poet's works
Word History
Etymology
Latin, tongue of a balance, examination, from exigere — more at exact
First Known Use
1502, in the meaning defined at sense 1
examens
noun
1
as in examinations
a systematic search for the truth or facts about something an examen of the president's assasination that has been plagued by controversy since its original publication Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- examinations
- investigations
- studies
- explorations
- inquiries
- probings
- probes
- researches
- inspections
- inquisitions
- probations
- disquisitions
- inquests
- questionnaires
- surveys
- interrogations
- audits
- diagnoses
- quests
- hearings
- checkups
- trials
- quizzes
- rehearings
- polls
- questionaries
- questions
- reinvestigations
- challenges
- checks
- queries
- self-reflections
- cross-examinations
- self-questionings
- feelers
- self-examinations
- soul-searchings
- self-scrutinies
- self-explorations
- goings-over
2
as in critiques
an essay evaluating or analyzing something an insightful examen of the poet's works Synonyms & Similar Words
- critiques
- criticisms
- reviews
- examinations
- studies
- commentaries
- evaluations
- analyses
- surveys
- assessments
- editorials
- notices
- punditries
- appraisals
- columns
- outlines
- opinions