esemplastic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Unifying; having the power to shape disparate things into a unified whole.

Pronunciation

/ɛsɛmˈplæstɪk/

Word forms

esemplastic

Etymology

From Greek ἐς ‘into’ + ἕν + πλαστικός (from πλάσσειν ‘to mould’). Coined by Coleridge, probably after German ineinsbildung ‘forming into one’.

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