simple enumeration
Americannoun
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The child can probably tell; but he must not on this account be accorded a pass on the descriptive level; he has already shown that his level is that of simple enumeration.
From Mentally Defective Children by Binet, Alfred
In collecting empirical laws from history, therefore, only very rough inductions can be hoped for, and we may have to be content with simple enumeration.
From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth
No action was taken, however, upon the more important recommendation that midway between two censuses a simple enumeration by sex and age should be effected.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
I shall, therefore, content myself with giving little more than a simple enumeration of their names.
From The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) by Laing, David
In the preceding example, synonymous parallelism passes into simple enumeration.
From Companion to the Bible by Barrows, E. P. (Elijah Porter)
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