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Definitions from Wiktionary (type-token distinction)

noun:  The distinction between a type of something and an instance of it, such as city and capital city (type of city) versus city and Paris (instance of a city). (It is the difference between (1) hypernym and hyponym and (2) class and instance.)
noun:  An instance of this distinction being made.


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