instantiation
Britishnoun
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the act or an instance of instantiating
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the representation of (an abstraction) by a concrete example
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logic
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the process of deriving an individual statement from a general one by replacing the variable with a name or other referring expression
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the valid inference of an instance from a universally quantified statement, as David is rational from all men are rational
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a statement so derived
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Example Sentences
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For Lovell and Drucker, “The Stroll” is an instantiation of their own interest in making queer and, specifically, trans histories visible.
From Los Angeles Times
Her emergence in this very moment is the instantiation of our ability to press on.
From Washington Post
You go on to say that this study examines the ways evangelical translation teams seek to accomplish both agendas simultaneously — the transitivity and intransitivity agendas — creating a "materialized instantiation of engaged orthodoxy."
From Salon
“Our proposal attempts to break free of some of the potential prejudices due to us being part of this one instantiation of lyfe,” says Bartlett.
From The Guardian
And not all spacefaring nations see benevolence in NASA’s proposal: Could the accords be yet another instance of American exceptionalism, a power-grab geared for a new, extraterrestrial instantiation of Manifest Destiny?
From Scientific American
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