epitomizing
Being the quintessence
Epitomizing is serving as a perfect example of something—embodying its essential qualities in concentrated form.
A person or thing that epitomizes a category represents it so fully that they could stand for the whole: Her career epitomizes the American dream.
The building epitomizes Art Deco architecture.
Attributing humanity to non-humans
- incarnationQuality given bodily presence
- manifestationOutward display of something
- embodimentConcrete manifestation of idea
- exemplificationDemonstration via instances
realization · actualization · materialization · substantiation · concretization · externalization · personifying · representing
Absence of any fault
- paragonFlawless model to emulate
- archetypeOriginal model for copies
- paradigmGoverning framework of thought
- modelRepresentation or paradigm
standard · exemplar · apotheosis · acme · pinnacle · zenith · nonpareil · consummate
Drawing to explain
- demonstratingShowing by example
- showcasingPresenting something prominently
- highlightingEmphasizing key parts
- representingActing as proxy for
modeling · exhibiting · displaying · evidencing · indicating · instancing · sampling · citing
Fundamental nature of something
- distillationPurification via vaporization
- crystallizationForming ordered solid structure
- purestSuperlative of uncontaminated
- coreCentral essential portion
heart · soul · concentration · refinement · extract · reduction · purity · summation
personification
Attributing humanity to non-humans
- incarnationQuality given bodily presence
- manifestationOutward display of something
- embodimentConcrete manifestation of idea
exemplification · realization · actualization · materialization · substantiation · concretization · externalization · personifying · representing · encapsulating
perfection
Absence of any fault
- paragonFlawless model to emulate
- archetypeOriginal model for copies
- paradigmGoverning framework of thought
model · standard · exemplar · apotheosis · acme · pinnacle · zenith · nonpareil · consummate · supreme
illustrating
Drawing to explain
- demonstratingShowing by example
- showcasingPresenting something prominently
- highlightingEmphasizing key parts
representing · modeling · exhibiting · displaying · evidencing · indicating · instancing · sampling · citing · referencing
essence
Fundamental nature of something
- distillationPurification via vaporization
- crystallizationForming ordered solid structure
- purestSuperlative of uncontaminated
core · heart · soul · concentration · refinement · extract · reduction · purity · summation · synthesis
- representingrepresenting, depicting, portraying, symbolizing, illustrating
epitomizingmisrepresenting
Portraying something inaccurately
contradicting · bucking · distorting · defying · belying
epitomizingcontradicting
Asserting the opposite
negating · violating · betraying · defying · undermining
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