quintessencenoun [ U ]
uk/kwɪnˈtes.əns/us/kwɪnˈtes.əns/formalthe most typical example:
An American football game is the quintessence of machismo.
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- advertisement
- aliquot
- archetype
- benchmark
- classic
- classical
- core
- cross-section
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- forerunner
- illustration
- instance
- job
- role model
- sample
- showpiece
- sort
- swatch
- taste
- taster
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