epitome
noun
a person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class.
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How to write an article without being condensed—epigrammatical and epitomical cream-skimming that is—I know not, one has so much to say and so little space to say it in.
From The Life of George Borrow by Clement K. Shorter