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illustration

noun as in demonstration, exemplification

noun as in drawing, artwork that assists explanation

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The contrast with the Wilson grand jury is a stunning illustration of the racial double standards in criminal justice.

It also offers an illustration about vaccine safety in general.

Family Guy is an incredible illustration of how male privilege is still the norm.

Now, its fantastic rooms house the first national museum focused solely on the art of American illustration.

His illustration Daybreak was once the most reproduced work of art in the world.

The "bad form" of telling a lie to the head-master is a later illustration of the same thing.

I have dwelt on this as an illustration of how irrecoverably a man loses his manhood when he is made a God.

One other illustration of this keen childish dialectic when face to face with the accuser deserves to be touched on.

No more admirable illustration can be found of the truth that the essence of defence lies in a vigorous local offence.

Our illustration (Fig. 8) gives a good idea of the appearance of a modern Hope-Jones console.

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On this page you'll find 91 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to illustration, such as: example, explanation, interpretation, analogy, case, and clarification.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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