esemplastic ![]()
〔多様な要素を〕統合する力のある
1.having the ability to shape diverse elements or concepts into a unified whole: the esemplastic power of a great mind to simplify the difficult.
Citations for esemplastic
" Esemplastic. The word is not in Johnson, nor have I met with it elsewhere." Neither have I! I constructed it myself from the Greek words eis en plattein, i.e. to shape into one; because, having to convey a new sense, I though that a new term would both aid the recollection of my meaning, and prevent its being confounded with the usual import of the word, imagination.
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