Usually means: Demonstration by example or instance.
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▸ noun:  (semantics) A process of binding the meaning to the defined term by pointing out examples and counterexamples.

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coercion, semotactics, counterdefinition, antistasis, enantiosemy, antonym, referential opacity, adequation, connotation, harmonic bounding, more...

Opposite:
implicit definition

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Similar:
coercion, semotactics, counterdefinition, antistasis, enantiosemy, antonym, referential opacity, adequation, connotation, harmonic bounding, more...

Opposite:
implicit definition



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