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emphases

NOUN

importance, prominence

Synonyms

STRONGEST

attention insistence intensity priority significance strength stress weight

STRONG

accent accentuation force headline highlight impressiveness moment positiveness power preeminence

WEAK

decidedness underlining underscoring

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ignorance lethargy triviality unimportance

STRONG

incompetence weakness

WEAK

insignificance

Example Sentences

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The difference was not just one of opposing political ideologies but of vastly different cultural and human emphases.

From Salon • Aug. 28, 2024

There were emphases on ballhandling, shooting from midrange, being aggressive, driving to the basket and finishing around the rim.

From Washington Post • Jan. 12, 2023

"We need unity among free marketeers. Kemi and Suella Braverman set out convincing programmes, with differing emphases, for change," Lord Frost said.

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2022

The emphases include the preservation and restoration of the liberal arts, including the “great books,” and the traditions of Western civilization.

From Washington Times • Apr. 13, 2022

Freudian psychology has put total emphases on early childhood experiences and is the least suited for this purpose.

From The Black Experience in America by Coombs, Norman