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esemplastic
[ es-em-plas-tik, -uhm- ]
adjective
- having the ability to shape diverse elements or concepts into a unified whole:
the esemplastic power of a great mind to simplify the difficult.
esemplastic
/ ˌɛsɛmˈplæstɪk /
adjective
- literature making into one; unifying
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Word History and Origins
Origin of esemplastic1
1810–20; < Greek es-, dialectal variant of eis- into + ( h ) én, neuter of heîs one + plastic; irregular coinage by S.T. Coleridge; compare German Ineinsbildung, term used by Schelling
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Word History and Origins
Origin of esemplastic1
C19 (first used by Samuel Taylor Coleridge): from Greek es, eis into + em, from hen, neuter of heis one + -plastic
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