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circumscription
[sur-kuhm-skrip-shuhn]
noun
an act or instance of circumscribing.
circumscribed state; limitation.
anything that circumscribes, surrounds, or encloses; boundary.
periphery; outline.
a circumscribed area.
a circular inscription on a coin, seal, etc.
limitation of a meaning; definition.
circumscription
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noun
the act of circumscribing or the state of being circumscribed
something that limits or encloses
a circumscribed space
an inscription around a coin or medal
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- circumscriptively adverb
- circumscriptive adjective
- noncircumscriptive adjective
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of circumscription1
Example Sentences
That said, the impact of Mr. Cervas’s circumscription has already been profound, creating the likelihood of highly competitive general-election campaigns from Long Island to upstate New York.
The most unscrupulous of them would seize on a favorable result in one circumscription to claim overall victory, with the help of a corrupted or naive media.
Supreme Court, which accepted New London’s sophistical argument that virtually erased the Constitution’s circumscription of government’s eminent- domain power.
It is, the video makes clear, not a victory that they are inhabiting the roles of these formerly white characters — it is a circumscription of their blackness.
Although a species' taxonomic status is crucial to its conservation status and the data on populations and threats are assessed by strict criteria, no guidelines for species circumscription exist.
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