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Hollywood films are alienating to the spectator because they use too much dialogue, too much explication and leave no space for the viewer. They depress me.
Bruno Dumont

Meaning of "explication" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EXPLICATION

explication  [ˌɛksplɪˈkeɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXPLICATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Explication is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EXPLICATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Explication

The idea and practice of explication is rooted in the verb to explicate, which concerns the process of "unfolding" and of "making clear" the meaning of things, so as to make the implicit explicit. The expression "explication" is used in both analytic philosophy and literary theory.

Definition of explication in the English dictionary

The first definition of explication in the dictionary is the act or process of explicating. Other definition of explication is analysis or interpretation, esp of a literary passage or work or philosophical doctrine. Explication is also a comprehensive exposition or description.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EXPLICATION


allocation
ˌæləˈkeɪʃən
application
ˌæplɪˈkeɪʃən
authentication
ɔːˌθentɪˈkeɪʃən
certification
ˌsɜːtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
classification
ˌklæsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
communication
kəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃən
dedication
ˌdɛdɪˈkeɪʃən
education
ˌɛdjʊˈkeɪʃən
identification
aɪˌdɛntɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
indication
ˌɪndɪˈkeɪʃən
location
ləʊˈkeɪʃən
medication
ˌmɛdɪˈkeɪʃən
modification
ˌmɒdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
notification
ˌnəʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
publication
ˌpʌblɪˈkeɪʃən
qualification
ˌkwɒlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
relocation
ˌriːləʊˈkeɪʃən
specification
ˌspɛsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
vacation
vəˈkeɪʃən
verification
ˌvɛrɪfɪˈkeɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EXPLICATION

explanatorily
explanatory
explant
explantation
expletive
expletively
expletory
explicable
explicably
explicate
explication de texte
explications de texte
explicative
explicatively
explicator
explicatory
explicit
explicitly
explicitness
explode

WORDS THAT END LIKE EXPLICATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
association
citation
combination
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
documentation
duration
evaluation
excitation
federation
formation
foundation
generation

Synonyms and antonyms of explication in the English dictionary of synonyms

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SYNONYMS OF «EXPLICATION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «explication» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of explication

Translation of «explication» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EXPLICATION

Find out the translation of explication to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of explication from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «explication» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

解说
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

explicación
570 millions of speakers

English

explication
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

व्याख्या
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الشرح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

экспликация
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

explicação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ব্যাখ্যা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

explication
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Eksplikasi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Erläuterung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

詳説
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

해설
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Explication
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giảng ​​nghỉa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விளக்கத்திற்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्पष्टीकरण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

açıklama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spiegazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wyjaśnianie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

експлікація
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

explicație
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

explication
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

uiteensetting
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

explication
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

explication
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of explication

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EXPLICATION»

The term «explication» is very widely used and occupies the 22.816 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EXPLICATION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about explication

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2 QUOTES WITH «EXPLICATION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word explication.
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Bruno Dumont
Hollywood films are alienating to the spectator because they use too much dialogue, too much explication and leave no space for the viewer. They depress me.
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Steven Erikson
Believe it or not, friendships are difficult to write in fiction. They can easily come across as forced, particularly if they involve too much explication and too many overt gestures of affection.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXPLICATION»

Discover the use of explication in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to explication and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Explication
The first volume in a series devoted to concepts in the study of communication, this is a book mainly about thinking, concerned with the disciplined use of words, with observation of human behaviour and especially with the connection ...
Steven H. Chaffee, 1991
2
Twentieth-century Short Story Explication: Supplement to ...
The original series -- Twentieth-Century Short Story Explication, Third Edition, edited by Warren S. Walker -- is indexed and available in seven volumes and covers 16,691 stories by 2,304 authors.
Warren S. Walker, 1989
3
Persecution or Toleration: An Explication of the ...
This book traces, in detail, the complex contours of the Locke-Proast debate over the question of toleration-revealing the radical case John Locke made on behalf of toleration.
Adam Wolfson, 2010
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Carnap and Twentieth-Century Thought: Explication as ...
This book places his central ideas in a broad cultural, political and intellectual context, showing how he synthesised many different currents of thought to achieve a philosophical perspective that remains strikingly relevant in the twenty ...
A. W. Carus, 2007
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Marxism, Revisionism, and Leninism: Explication, Assessment, ...
Provides brief explanations of Marxism and its two principal variants, revisionism and Leninism, and offers an empirical assessment of the major propositions, sorting out what is useful and suggesting the best directions for future study.
Richard F. Hamilton, 2000
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Mass Society, Pluralism, and Bureaucracy: Explication, ...
Provides explications and assessment of the theories of mass society, pluralism, and bureaucracy in an effort to determine what is useful about each and to suggest directions for future research.
Richard F. Hamilton, 2001
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English novel explication: Supplement VI
The explications cited in these volumes are interpretations of the significance and the meaning of the novels, and can range from discussions of theme, imagery, or symbolism to diction or structure.
Christian J. W. Kloesel, 1997
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Constructing co-cultural theory: an explication of culture, ...
This book presents a phenomenological framework for understanding the intricate relationship between culture, power and communication.
Mark P. Orbe, 1998
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Twentieth Century Short Story Explication: New Series. 1997-1998
Contains nearly entries that provide a bibliography of interpretations for short stories published between 1989 and .
Wendell M. Aycock, 2002
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Carnap's Ideal of Explication and Naturalism
The book consists of a series of chapters on Carnap's ideal of explication as an alternative to the naturalistic conceptions of science, setting it in its historical context, discussing specific cases of explications, and enriching the on ...
Pierre Wagner, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXPLICATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term explication is used in the context of the following news items.
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Food Author Ronni Lundy: 20 Questions
One of the things I came to understand in dealing with both the reality of the counterculture in my youth and the explication of it afterwards is ... «Ace Weekly, Jul 15»
2
Ramazan: A Time for Waiting on God
KeepingBeckett'sWaitingforGodotinourbackground thatparodieshumanconditioninvolvingwaitingwemayventureafewremarksonhis explication ... «GreaterKashmir.com, Jul 15»
3
The Verdict on Charter Schools?
But the school's core work involves hands-on projects, from designing a sustainable rooftop garden to creating a multimedia explication of ... «Yahoo News UK, Jul 15»
4
New Doc Paints Tragic Portrait Of Singer Amy Winehouse
It's an easy narrative crutch, basically the same straight-to-camera explication technique used by every single reality show and it generally ... «San Antonio Current, Jul 15»
5
Movie Review: Terminator Genisys
This is an action film, slick and impersonal; it's not in the business of explication, and if it ever was, the deeper meanings got lost in between ... «Box Office Prophets, Jul 15»
6
TV Minus the TV: Ballers drops the N-bomb and Hannibal gets mid …
In less than 2 minutes, he gives you the kind of narrative explication that you haven't had the privilege of enjoying since your kid read his 7th ... «Random Nerds, Jul 15»
7
Did disillusionment with Sunnis lead to Persian ascendancy at US …
What follows is a lot of general niceties: “[T]he American people and their new president desperately need a clear-eyed explication of the ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
8
What Goes Unsaid
... to refer to U.S. policy in a manner that is cursory and reactive rather than probing, with little explication of its scope or consequences. «ABOUT US EDITOR'S NOTE About Us The Cairo Review of, Jul 15»
9
The Rise of the Islamic State: ISIS and the New Sunni Revolution
A dramatic declaration like that cannot be left hanging without fuller justification and explication. There is certainly awareness in U.S. ... «ABOUT US EDITOR'S NOTE About Us The Cairo Review of, Jul 15»
10
And a word from Calvin Coolidge
Like Lincoln's explication of the meaning of July 4, Coolidge's words remain as relevant now as then: About the Declaration there is a finality ... «Power Line, Jul 15»

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