Thesaurus: epitome

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1. n. 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.
2. n. A compact or condensed representation of anything.
3. n. a standard or typical example
4. n. a brief abstract (as of an article or book)
5. 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.
6. n:100 n. a brief abstract (as of an article or book)