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Quintessence

Quintessence meaning

A thing that is the most perfect example of its type; the most perfect embodiment of something; epitome, prototype. | A pure substance. | The essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form.

Example sentences (20)

Kim Vo, a volunteer with the Viet Culture Quintessence Group in the Sydney suburb of Bankstown, said the Year of the Cat is always a good year.

It’s the quintessence of dumb-smart comedy, as Martin expertly subverts expectations (a pretty lady’s dropped hanky suddenly flies right back into Martin’s open fly) and oddball details.

On the contrary, fascism had no quintessence.

Each celebrity has a tabloid quintessence as distinctive as a fingerprint: a pithy descriptor that distills their intrinsic scandal-value for those whose idea of journalism begins and ends at the supermarket check-out.

He used the colony as a testing ground to see who had sufficient levels of quintessence, and those Alteans were lured away on the pretext of going to a second colony.

I apologize if the above paragraph gives too faint praise to the Quintessence cast in this production.

By simplifying the arrangements and recording in an ultra-laid-back home studio in Laurel Canyon over 10 days, Jones made a Texan singing Tin Pan Alley sound like the quintessence of contemporary L.A. sophistication.

The philosopher Hegel saw this as the quintessence of true tragedy: not a conflict between good and evil, but between right and right.

And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust?

At its best, the Quintessence show is quietly funny.

Hamlet then ponders the paradox at the heart of humankind: what is this quintessence of dust?

Their addiction to quintessence ruined that, but it became far easier to blame Voltron, the Alteans, the Galactic Coalition, and reality itself for the loss of her husband, her son, and her dream.

The Quintessence show is essentially a finely staged novel, more like a bicentennial restoration than a new adaptation.

At the most basic level, the Tapestry is composed of Quintessence, the essence of magic and what is real.

Hence he commissioned a book entitled The Quintessence of Histories to be worked upon by calligraphers.

His first record sleeve design was for Quintessence 's LP In Blissful Company (1969).

It is also the place where Athos and Nergal came upon the knowledge of dragons, and where Nergal learned how to steal a creature's life force, or quintessence, and use it to fuel his own avaricious desires.

Other possible explanations for dark energy include quintessence or a modification of gravity on the largest scales.

Prime This sphere deals directly with Quintessence, the raw material of the tapestry, which is the metaphysical structure of reality.

Quintessence: Basic Readings from the Philosophy of W. V. Quine.