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n. A representative or perfect example of a class or type: "He is seen . . . as the epitome of the hawkish, right-of-center intellectual” ( Paul Kennedy).

n. A brief summary, as of a book or article; an abstract.

n. The embodiment or encapsulation of.

n. A representative example.

n. The height; the best.

n. A brief summary.

n. A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a brief summary; an abridgement.

n. A compact or condensed representation of anything; something possessing conspicuously or to a high degree the qualities of a class.

n. An abridgment; a brief summary or abstract of a subject, or of a more extended exposition of it; a compendium containing the substance or principal matters of a book or other writing.

n. Hence Anything which represents another or others in a condensed or comprehensive form.

n. Synonyms Compendium, Compend, etc. See abridgment.

n. a standard or typical example

n. a brief abstract (as of an article or book)

"THE Bible contains the history of the human race in epitome; is the mirror in which every age and every generation may see reflected its own features and complexion."

abstract    précis    synopsis    outline   

abstract    abridgement    synopsis    compendium    abridgment    abbreviature    compend    modern    idiom    in a nutshell   

paragon    embodiment    abridgment    synopsis    summary    acme    semblance    incarnation    compendium    paraphrase