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elaboration
[ ih-lab-uh-rey-shuhn ]
/ ɪˌlæb əˈreɪ ʃən /
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noun
an act or instance of elaborating.
the state of being elaborated; elaborateness.
something that is elaborated.
Psychiatry. an unconscious process of expanding and embellishing a detail, especially while recalling and describing a representation in a dream so that latent content of the dream is brought into a logical and comprehensible order.
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Origin of elaboration
OTHER WORDS FROM elaboration
self-e·lab·o·ra·tion, nounWords nearby elaboration
el, ELA, El Aaiún, elaborate, elaborated code, elaboration, elaenia, elaeoptene, elaeothesium, Elagabalus, Elaine
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