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  • 41exemplification — noun Date: 1510 1. a. the act or process of exemplifying b. example, case in point 2. an exemplified copy of a document …

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  • 42exemplify — transitive verb ( fied; fying) Etymology: Middle English exemplifien, from Anglo French exemplifier, from Medieval Latin exemplificare, from Latin exemplum Date: 15th century 1. to show or illustrate by example < anecdotes exemplifying those&#8230; …

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  • 43key word — noun Date: 1859 a word that is a key: as a. a word exemplifying the meaning or value of a letter or symbol b. (usually keyword) a significant word from a title or document used especially as an index to content …

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  • 44noble savage — noun Date: 1670 a mythic conception of people belonging to non European cultures as having innate natural simplicity and virtue uncorrupted by European civilization; also a person exemplifying this conception …

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  • 45ostensive — adjective Date: 1782 1. ostensible 2 2. of, relating to, or constituting definition by exemplifying the thing or quality being defined • ostensively adverb …

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  • 46ideal — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English ydeall, from Late Latin idealis, from Latin idea Date: 15th century 1. existing as an archetypal idea 2. a. existing as a mental image or in fancy or imagination only; broadly lacking practicality b.&#8230; …

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  • 47Alexandria, Louisiana — Coordinates: 31°17′34″N 92°27′33″W / 31.29278°N 92.45917°W / 31.29278; 92.45917 …

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  • 48BDSM — Not to be confused with DBMS. BDSM Aspects B D, B/D, or BD Bondage and Discipline D s, D/s, or Ds …

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  • 49Emancipation Proclamation — The Emancipation Proclamation consists of two executive orders issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. The first one, issued September 22, 1862, declared the freedom of all slaves in any state of the&#8230; …

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  • 50Educational perennialism — Perennialists believe that one should teach the things that one deems to be of everlasting importance to all people everywhere. They believe that the most important topics develop a person. Since details of fact change constantly, these cannot be …

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