EPITOME

prototype, paradigm, epitome, image

(noun) a standard or typical example; “he is the prototype of good breeding”; “he provided America with an image of the good father”

epitome

(noun) a brief abstract (as of an article or book)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

epitome (plural epitomes or epitomai)

The embodiment or encapsulation of a class of items.

Synonyms: exemplar, model, type

A representative example.

The height; the best.

Synonym: acme

A brief summary of a text.

Synonym: synopsis

Usage notes

The sense ‘the height, the best’ is considered incorrect by some; instead, 'pinnacle' may be preferred.

Synonyms

• (an embodiment of): synopsis, exemplar

• (the best): greatest, quintessential,

poster child

• (a summary): abstract, synopsis

Antonyms

• antithesis

Source: Wiktionary

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E*pit"o*me, n.; pl. Epitomes. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. épitome. See Tome.]

1. 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. [An] epitome of the contents of a very large book. Sydney Smith.

2. A compact or condensed representation of anything. An epitome of English fashionable life. Carlyle. A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Dryden.

Syn.

– Abridgement; compendium; compend; abstract; synopsis; abbreviature. See Abridgment.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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