TYPIFICATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does typification mean? 

• TYPIFICATION (noun)
  The noun TYPIFICATION has 2 senses:

1. a representational or typifying form or model

2. the act of representing by a type or symbol; the action of typifying

  Familiarity information: TYPIFICATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TYPIFICATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A representational or typifying form or model

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

exemplification; typification

Hypernyms ("typification" is a kind of...):

representational process (any basic cognitive process in which some entity comes to stand for or represent something else)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "typification"):

picture (a typical example of some state or quality)

Derivation:

typify (embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of representing by a type or symbol; the action of typifying

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("typification" is a kind of...):

representation (an activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent)

Derivation:

typify (express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol)