0 past simple and past participle of epitomize
1 to be a perfect example of a quality or type of thing:
With little equipment and unsuitable footwear, she epitomizes the inexperienced and unprepared mountain walker.
The pauper funeral epitomized not the communal and familial values of the traditional funeral, nor the intimate relation between soul and body that determined the shape of traditional burial practices.
This way of managing information epitomized the symbiosis of knowledge and power that was the basis for developing and ruling the territory through the colonial project.
This statement epitomized a clear strand of thinking amongst those involved in preparing for a major war.
But the form this concern took towards women was largely specific to them, and is epitomized by the prosecution of scolds.
The confusion surrounding the break-up is epitomized by the fate of those who opted to stay home but were in fact forced to move.
As epitomized by biological entities, such complexification may unfold over different time scales.
Their understanding of the economic forces at work was epitomized in the relation of cattle to coin.
The campaign therefore epitomized a sharp turn away from the evolutionary and non-compulsive approach that the government had generally preferred in the years since independence.
