explication
2
8.1
- noun
- /ˌɛksplɪˈkeɪʃən/
- Literature
:
explicación
- The professor's explication of the complex theory made it easier for the students to grasp the difficult concepts.
- theoretical explication
- explication of text
- need for explication
It's a strange work that requires knowledge and explication.
- It's a strange work that requires knowledge and explication.
Examples
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Here we present a theoretical explication for the empirical finding.
Academic text (1992) -
Space limitations do not permit a detailed explication of all of these relationships.
Academic text (1997) -
Clearly, however, there are some important differences in his explication of the manner in which the ordained exercise this office.
Academic text (2001) -
All of his later works were either repetitions of or explications on the main ideas in this first work.
Academic text (1996) -
In the middle of the old courtyard, the pyramid seems to offer an explication of architectural form across the centuries.
Academic text (1999) -
Our goal is to encourage the reader to draw out comparative insights throughout our explication.
Academic text (1991) -
Khilnani's four essays do not culminate in quite so direct an explication of his title.
Academic text (1998) -
There can be no dialogical relationship to an object; therefore, explication or explanation is void of dialogical features.
Academic text (1991) -
To see this, it is instructive to have before us two recent and helpful explications of self-ownership.
Academic text (1990) -
His well-known treatise De pictura, written in Florence in 1435, provides a new theoretical explication of painting.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A statement that makes something clear or helps someone understand
653
1.3
A short, clear explanation of what a word or phrase means
314
4.4
An explanation of what something means
62
3.3
An explanation that makes something easier to understand
19
3.9
More detail added to an idea to make it clearer
16
5.5
A clear explanation of an idea or subject that makes it easy to understand
8
4.9
Adding more detail or explanation to something
7
7.4
An explanation of something that is hard to understand
4
9.9
A careful explanation of a text, especially a Bible passage
1
6.5
An explanation that makes something clear and easy to understand
1
6.8
A clear description that shows how something looks or feels
A detailed explanation of an idea or topic, often written
A short note that makes something clear and easy to understand
Talking or writing for a long time with many details
Antonyms
Compounds
How Detailed
- Jargon
∞
3.4
- Literature
2
8.1
∞
1.0
397
2.7
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Explication comes from the Latin explicare, which meant 'to unfold' and is built from ex- 'out' and plicare 'to fold'. So, an explication is like 'unfolding' a text or idea to make its meaning clear.