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synopsis
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A summary; a brief statement, less than the whole.

A synopsis is a condensation of something—for example, a synopsis of a trial record.


synopsis noun abridgment, abstract, brief, compend, compendium, condensation, conspectus, digest, epitome, minute, outline, recapitulation, review, summarium, summary, summation
See also: abridgment, abstract, brief, capsule, compendium, digest, pandect, paraphrase, prospectus, restatement, scenario, summary


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10) Although, in and of itself, this supposition certainly was an oversimplification, it cut to the heart of the matter while synopsizing the vicissitudes that many contemporary texts furthering feminized gymnastics situated in direct proximity to their central purposes.
In a story too convoluted and ridiculous to bother synopsizing, former neighbors Nicholas ``Oz'' Oseransky (Matthew Perry) and Jimmy ``The Tulip'' Tudeski (Bruce Willis) are reunited after Oz's wife and Jimmy's ex Cynthia (Natasha Henstridge) is taken hostage by the father of the mobster they took out in the first film.
Marotti's excellent anthology goes a long way in synopsizing such elemental changes - changes still utilizing Donne's self-referentiality - in the poet's canonical studies; each of the seven essays included in this edition, all published since 1977, historicize Donne's multifarious writings, complementing each other by directing their attentions in markedly different ways.
 
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