epitomization

Quintessential instance of

Epitomization is the act of being or creating a perfect example of something.

A person or thing that epitomizes a quality represents it in concentrated form: Her career was the epitomization of persistence.

The word often appears where "epitome" alone would suffice, adding a sense of process or embodiment: The building stood as an epitomization of modernist design.

embodiment

incarnation

Quality given bodily presence

exemplar · archetype · paragon · avatar · prototype · icon · symbol · representation · typification · model

essence

core

Central essential portion

  • heartCirculatory system's pump
  • soulInnermost animating essence
  • cruxMost important point

nucleus · gist · pith · kernel · substance · distillation · fundament · root · bedrock · foundation

summary

synopsis

Condensed version of content

encapsulation · capsule · compendium · condensation · outline · thumbnail · summation · recapitulation · overview · brief

Opposites
representational completeness

epitomizationmisrepresentation

False or misleading statement

distortion · caricature · obscuration · dilution · approximation

typicality

epitomizationanomaly

Departure from the expected

aberration · exception · deviation · outlier · atypicality

essence vs. periphery

epitomizationmarginality

State of being sidelined

tangentiality · superficiality

Family

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G