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It was the epitome of Kim Kardashian, and a fitting summation of the Year of Butt.

He really is the epitome of the cliché “women want him and men want to be him.”

All in all, Bates strikes me as a good upstanding Englishman—the epitome of stiff-upper-lip resolve and restraint.

Tanny came to be known as the epitome of a Balanchine dancer, with her long legs and graceful, fluid lines.

They are the epitome of old-school rationality and refinement—or at least they were until now.

To this end they spread a distorted epitome of his favourite views, amongst their retainers.

We have given an epitome of the development of the submarine vessel up to the opening of the twentieth century.

Chaucer refers us to Aleyn's description on account of its unmerciful length; it was hopeless to attempt even an epitome of it.

Your average woman shopping is the epitome of irresolution, or so it seems to the man.

The Epitome of Gemistus Pletho, referred to above, is of great value, and held in the highest estimation by all editors.

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On this page you'll find 76 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to epitome, such as: apotheosis, embodiment, essence, exemplar, personification, and archetype.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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