substantiation

substantiation
I
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. embodiment, approval, vindication; see proof 1 .
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(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. That which confirms: attestation, authentication, confirmation, corroboration, demonstration, evidence, proof, testament, testimonial, testimony, validation, verification, warrant. See TRUE. 2. A physical entity typifying an abstraction: embodiment, exteriorization, externalization, incarnation, manifestation, materialization, objectification, personalization, personification, type. Rhetoric: prosopopeia. See SUBSTITUTE.

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  • Substantiation — Sub*stan ti*a tion, n. The act of substantiating or proving; evidence; proof. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • substantiation — index affirmance (authentication), affirmation, attestation, certification (attested copy), confirmation, corroboration …   Law dictionary

  • substantiation — [sypstɑ̃sjɑsjɔ̃] n. f. ÉTYM. Av. 1880, Flaubert, in G. L. L. F.; du lat. substantia. ❖ ♦ Théol. Rare. ⇒ Transsubstantiation …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • substantiation — substantiate ► VERB ▪ provide evidence to support or prove the truth of. DERIVATIVES substantiation noun. ORIGIN Latin substantiare give substance …   English terms dictionary

  • substantiation — noun see substantiate …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • substantiation — See substantiate. * * * …   Universalium

  • substantiation — noun a) The act of substantiating b) Something which substantiates; evidence, proof …   Wiktionary

  • substantiation — sub·stan·tia·tion || sÉ™b‚stænʃɪ eɪʃn n. proving, act of showing to be true by means of evidence or proof …   English contemporary dictionary

  • substantiation — n. Confirmation, corroboration, establishment, evidence, proof, ratification …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • substantiation — n 1. proof, documentation, validation, authentication, confirmation, verification, certification; corroboration, vindication, circumstantia tion, endorsing; establishment, acknowledgment, avowal, acceptance. 2. embodiment, reification,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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