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Verb
/ˈtipəˌfī/,
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typified, past tense; typified, past participle; typifying, present participle; typifies, 3rd person singular present;
  1. Be characteristic or a representative example of
    • - tough, low-lying vegetation typifies this arctic area
  2. Represent; symbolize
    • - the sun typified the Greeks, and the moon the Persians
  1. embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; "The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition"
  2. express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?"
  3. (typification) a representational or typifying form or model
  4. Typification is a process of creating standard (typical) social construction based on standard assumptions. Discrimination based on typification is called typism.
  5. To embody, exemplify; to represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance; To portray stereotypically; To serve as a typical or reference specimen
  6. (TYPIFICATION) Alfred Schutz (1899-1959), a phenomenologist, suggests that in all of our encounters with others, with the exception of ‘we-relationships’ (the most intimate of relationships), we experience and understand the other in terms of ideal types. ...
  7. (Typification) this refers to the process through which social phenomena are formed into patterns and generalised. The emphasis is upon identifying what is common to a range of expressions, conducts or events. It reduces the individuality of phenomena to a set of common characteristics.