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[ek-si-jee-sis] 
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| Main Entry: |
exegesis
[ek-si-jee-sis]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | interpretation |
| Synonyms: | analysis, explanation, exposition |
| Main Entry: | commentary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | analysis |
| Synonyms: | annotation, appreciation, comment, consideration, criticism, critique, description, discourse, exegesis, explanation, exposition, gloss, narration, notes, obiter dictum, observation, remark, review, treatise, voice-over |
| Main Entry: | construction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | explanation |
| Synonyms: | apprehension, construal, definition, exegesis, explication, exposition, exposé, inference, interpretation, reading, rendering, rendition, translation, version |
| Main Entry: | exposé |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disclosure |
| Synonyms: | betrayal, confession, construction, divulgence, exegesis, explanation, explication, exposal, exposition, exposure, interpretation, revelation, truth, uncovering |
| Antonyms: | secret, silence |
| Main Entry: | exposition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written description |
| Synonyms: | account, analysis, annotation, article, comment, commentary, composition, construal, construction, critique, delineation, details, discourse, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, editorial, elucidation, enucleation, enunciation, essay, exegesis, explanation, explication, exposé, expounding, history, illustration, interpretation, monograph, paper, piece, position paper, presentation, report, review, statement, story, study, tale, text, theme, thesis, tract, tractate, treatise |
| Main Entry: | remark |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | comment, observation |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, annotation, assertion, attention, back talk, bon mot, cognizance, comeback, commentary, conclusion, consideration, crack*, declaration, elucidation, exegesis, explanation, explication, exposition, expression, gloss, heed, illustration, interpretation, mention, mind, note, notice, obiter dictum, observance, opinion, point, recognition, reflection, regard, saying, statement, talk, thought, two cents' worth, utterance, wisecrack, witticism, word |
| Antonyms: | silence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | explication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | explanation |
| Synonyms: | account, answer, brief, clarification, decipherment, description, details, elucidation, exegesis, exposition, illumination, interpretation, meaning, report, summary |
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