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instantiation

ins·tan·tia·tion

UK/ɪnˌstænʃiˈeɪʃən/ US/ˌɪˌnstænʃiˈeɪʃʌn/ uncommon

noun

1.

a representation of an idea in the form of an instance of it

  • “how many instantiations were found?”

Origin

A coinage of the twentieth century, from instantiate + -ion, itself coined in 1946 from instance + -ate. The latter, in the sense "a case, an example", from Middle English instance, from Medieval Latin īnstantia (“a being near, presence; also perseverance, earnestness, importunity, urgency”), from Latin īnstāns (“urgent”); see English instant.

Phrases

  • existential instantiation

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