presentational
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Origin of presentational
First recorded in 1885–90; presentation + -al 1
Example Sentences
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Elordi takes over the telling of his tale, often running counter to the presentational grandiosity that a new “Frankenstein” would seem to require.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2025
Saturday's release was more orderly, but retained the presentational elements that sought to project that Hamas remains the governing force in Gaza.
From BBC • Feb. 1, 2025
Part of the prompt for us was to find two bumbling “normies” in this world and show a clumsy reality to the way John and Jane interact, which seems more meander-y and less presentational.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2024
In 2020, longtime military graphics collector Tim Hwang launched a Twitter account, @DefenseCharts, a feed “dedicated to the presentational aesthetics of the defense-industrial complex.”
From Slate • Feb. 8, 2023
Here, the style is broadly presentational, with some dialogue spoken into stand microphones and other lines rendered without amplification.
From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2022
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