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circumscription

[ sur-kuhm-skrip-shuhn ]

noun

  1. an act or instance of circumscribing.
  2. circumscribed state; limitation.
  3. anything that circumscribes, surrounds, or encloses; boundary.
  4. periphery; outline.
  5. a circumscribed area.
  6. a circular inscription on a coin, seal, etc.
  7. limitation of a meaning; definition.


circumscription

/ ˌɜːəˈɪʃə /

noun

  1. the act of circumscribing or the state of being circumscribed
  2. something that limits or encloses
  3. a circumscribed space
  4. an inscription around a coin or medal
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌܳˈپ, adverb
  • ˌܳˈپ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • cܳ·t adjective
  • cܳ·t·ly adverb
  • ԴDzc·ܳ·t adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of circumscription1

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin ܳīپō- (stem of ܳīپō ), equivalent to ܳī ( us ) (past participle of ܳī to circumscribe; circum-, script ) + -ō- -ion
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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.

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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.

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Supreme Court, which accepted New London’s sophistical argument that virtually erased the Constitution’s circumscription of government’s eminent- domain power.

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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.

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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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