having the ability to shape diverse elements or concepts into a unified whole: the esemplastic power of a great mind to simplify the difficult.
Origin: 1810–20; < Gk es-, dial. var. of eis- into + (h)én, neut. of heîs one + plastic; irreg. coinage by S.T. Coleridge; cf. G Ineinsbildung, term used by Schelling
[es-em-plas-tik, -uh
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