explication
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8.1
- noun
- /ˌɛksplɪˈkeɪʃən/
- Literature
- 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
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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
919
1.0
A statement that makes something clear or helps someone understand
692
1.3
A short, clear explanation of what a word or phrase means
307
4.4
An explanation of what something means
64
3.3
An explanation that makes something easier to understand
17
5.5
A clear explanation of an idea or subject that makes it easy to understand
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4.9
Adding more detail or explanation to something
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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
7.4
An explanation of something that is hard to understand
1
3.9
More detail added to an idea to make it clearer
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7.7
A short note that makes something clear and easy to understand
1
6.8
A clear description that shows how something looks or feels
1
7.7
A detailed explanation of an idea or topic, often written
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9.9
Talking or writing for a long time with many details
Antonyms
Compounds
How Detailed
- Jargon
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9.9
∞
3.4
- Literature
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8.1
919
1.0
218
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.