EPITOME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does epitome mean?
• EPITOME (noun)
The noun EPITOME has 2 senses:
1. a standard or typical example
2. a brief abstract (as of an article or book)
Familiarity information: EPITOME used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• EPITOME (noun)
Meaning:
A standard or typical example
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
epitome; prototype; paradigm; image
Context examples:
he is the prototype of good breeding / he provided America with an image of the good father
Hypernyms ("epitome" is a kind of...):
example; model (a representative form or pattern)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "epitome"):
concentrate (a concentrated example)
imago ((psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood)
Meaning:
A brief abstract (as of an article or book)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("epitome" is a kind of...):
abstract; outline; precis; synopsis (a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory)
