epitome

n.

1. A representative or perfect example of a class or type: “He is seen . . . as the epitome of the hawkish, right-of-center intellectual” (Paul Kennedy).
2. A brief summary, as of a book or article; an abstract.

[Latin epitomē, a summary, from Greek, an abridgment, from epitemnein, to cut short : epi-, epi- + temnein, to cut.]

noun

A short summary or version prepared by cutting down a larger work: abridgment, abstract, brief, condensation, synopsis. See words.

n

Definition: abbreviation
Antonyms: addition, enlargement, expansion, extension, increase, unabridgment

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IN BRIEF: A person or thing that shows all the most typical qualities of something. Also: A summary of the main points.

Indifference, to me, is the epitome of evil. — Elie Wiesel.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - indbegreb, personifikation, miniatureudgave, resume, sammenfatning

Nederlands (Dutch)
samenvatting, verkorte/verkleinde vorm, belichaming

Français (French)
n. - abrégé, résumé, (fig) modèle type/exemple même, quintessence (d'une idée, d'un sujet)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Inbegriff, Auszug

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - επιτομή, σύνοψη, (μτφ.) τυπικό παράδειγμα, προσωποποίηση, ενσάρκωση (ιδιοτήτων κ.λπ.)

Italiano (Italian)
epitome, personificazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - epítome (m)

Русский (Russian)
воплощение, итог, олицетворение

Español (Spanish)
n. - epítome, compendio, resumen, personificación

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - typiskt exempel, personifikation, sammanfattning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
梗概, 缩影, 节录, 象征

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 梗概, 縮影, 節錄, 象徵

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 개략, 축도

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 抜粋, 大要

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خلاصه, صورة مصغرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תמצית, עיקר, דבר זעיר המייצג דבר אחר, דבר או אדם המייצגים סוג או מעמד‬

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