typifying
Serving as model
Typifying means serving as a representative example of something.
A person or thing typifies a category by embodying its essential characteristics: Her career typifies the struggles of working mothers.
The word suggests that examining this one instance reveals something true about the whole class: His casual dismissal typified the company's attitude toward complaints.
Representation or paradigm
- paradigmGoverning framework of thought
- standardLevel of quality accepted
- templatePreset pattern for reproduction
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
benchmark · blueprint · ideal · touchstone · yardstick · criterion · hallmark · exemplar
Fundamental nature of something
- epitomePerfect representative of type
- embodimentConcrete manifestation of idea
- distillationPurification via vaporization
- crystallizationForming ordered solid structure
core · concentration · definitive · consummate · ultimate · heart · soul · kernel
Represent the essence of
- exemplifyRepresent through instance
- embodyExpress through physical form
- personifyRepresent as human
- representStand in for
illustrate · characterize · symbolize · manifest · demonstrate · incarnate · express · mirror
model
Representation or paradigm
- paradigmGoverning framework of thought
- standardLevel of quality accepted
- templatePreset pattern for reproduction
pattern · benchmark · blueprint · ideal · touchstone · yardstick · criterion · hallmark · exemplar · specimen
essence
Fundamental nature of something
- epitomePerfect representative of type
- embodimentConcrete manifestation of idea
- distillationPurification via vaporization
crystallization · core · concentration · definitive · consummate · ultimate · heart · soul · kernel
epitomize
Represent the essence of
represent · illustrate · characterize · symbolize · manifest · demonstrate · incarnate · express · mirror · reflect
- representingrepresenting, depicting, portraying, symbolizing, illustrating
- information processingsummarizing, distilling, condensing, simplifying, filtering
typifyingatypical
Not conforming to type
exceptional · unrepresentative · anomalous · aberrant · deviating
typifyingdistinguishing
Identifying differences
individualizing · differentiating · singularizing · setting apart · particularizing
type, typical, prototype, stereotype, archetype, types, typify, archetypal, typecast