epitome
noun
uk
/ɪˈpɪt.ə.mi/ us
/ɪˈpɪt̬.ə.mi/ the epitome of something
Meaning of epitome in English
(Definition of epitome from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
epitome | American Dictionary
He was the epitome of the fashionable gentleman.
Examples of epitome
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Such a survey constitutes an epitome, we are informed, before the magnum opus.
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The reconstruction of old age as a time of agelessness is the epitome of such denial.
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The entire clause is a logistical cryptogram and represents the epitome of logistical horror inflicted by the multiple standards of the presidency system.
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It was not the same mind that, as the epitome of human consciousness and identity, had been an object of scientific intrigue since antiquity.
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My poem is a sort of abstract, an epitome, a compendium of the lecture itself.
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Take disputes on precedence as an epitome of the academic regime in which the persona is individuated by juristic notions.
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Even the civil service, for long regarded as the epitome of life-long employment, has witnessed these changes.
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This, scientific writers insisted, was the epitome of the inductive method of study in the natural sciences.
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She represented the epitome of cultivated elegance and cut a fine figure in her tailored habit and silk top hat.
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The epitome of glamour and decadence before the 1949 revolution, the city was punished for its capitalist excesses afterwards.
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Such drama has been consigned to the realm of theatrical artefacts, held up as epitomes of 'culture', or suitable subjects for academic study.
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Banding of the pulmonary trunk must be the epitome of cardiac surgery being an art not a science!
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Commentators generally agree that it is an epitome of an earlier work, although its exact nature is unknown. 29.
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This epitome of personal choice may not always be implemented.
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As the "fogwhistle," they are instead the epitome of firmly founded and benevolent information; their only liability is their susceptibility to misconstruction by the untrained interpreter.
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