explication
noun
the act of explicating.
explications
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pluralof explication.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Encouraged by a prestigious academic publisher, he has embarked on a five-volume book project, “The Ellington Effect,” which explores the creative process of the native Washingtonian, with in-depth explications of representative songs.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2021
Unnecessary words take up space at the expense of apt explications.
From Nature ● Jun. 11, 2019
With the modern history of hoarding, we are now getting the modern, or actually postmodern, explications.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 8, 2014
The group includes professors and historians, fanboys and artists, many of whom have posted their theories online accompanied by maps, videos, and pages-long explications pleading their cases.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2012
But the point will be still clearer if we hear a third author, who rehearses the various opinions, or explications of the opinion of this sect, in the following words, viz.:
From The Koran (Al-Qur'an) by George Sale
