esemplastic

[ es-em-plas-tik, -uhm- ]

adjective

1. having the ability to shape diverse elements or concepts into a unified whole:

   the esemplastic power of a great mind to simplify the difficult.

esemplastic

/ ˌɛsɛmˈplæstɪk /

adjective

1. literature making into one; unifying

Word History and Origins

Origin of esemplastic¹

1810–20; < Greek es-, dialectal variant of eis- into + ( h ) én, neuter of heîs one + plastic; irregular coinage by S.T. Coleridge; compare German Ineinsbildung, term used by Schelling

Word History and Origins

Origin of esemplastic¹

C19 (first used by Samuel Taylor Coleridge): from Greek es, eis into + em, from hen, neuter of heis one + -plastic