recapitulation
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˌɹiːkəˌpɪtjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n/
- (America) enPR: re·kə·pĭ·chə·lāʹshən, IPA: /ɹiː.kəˌpɪ.tʃəˈleɪ.ʃ(ə)n/
recapitulation
- A subsequent brief recitement or enumeration of the major points in a narrative, article, or book.
- (music) The third major section of a musical movement written in sonata form, representing thematic material that originally appeared in the exposition section.
- (biology) The reenactment of the embryonic development in evolution of the species.
- (theology) The symmetry provided by Christ's life to the teachings of the Old Testament; the summation of human experience in Jesus Christ.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 144:
- one would expect God's final purpose to be expressed in his created world, since the doctrine of recapitulation showed that this is where his plans had worked out before.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 144:
- (subsequent enumeration of the major points) summary
- French: récapitulation
- German: Rekapitulation
- Portuguese: recapitulação
- Russian: суммирование
- French: réexposition
- German: Reprise
- Spanish: reexposición
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