An exemplar is a person, a place, an object, or some other entity that serves as a predominant example of a given concept (e.g. "The heroine became an ''exemplar'' in courage to the children"). It may also refer to:
* Exemplar, a well-known science problem and its solution, from Thomas Kuhn's ''
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions''
* ''Exemplar'', the first name for the ship
USS ''Dorothea L. Dix'' (AP-67)
* Exemplar, in
exemplification theory, an illustrative representation of information or an event
* Exemplar, a series of parallel-computing machines introduced in 1994 by
Convex Computer
* Exemplar (art history), an image or version upon which secondary or subsequent versions are dependent
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Exemplar (textual criticism), the text used to produce another version of the text
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Handwriting exemplar, a writing sample that can be examined forensically
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Exemplar theory
Exemplar theory is a proposal concerning the way humans categorize objects and ideas in psychology. It argues that individuals make category judgments by comparing new stimuli with instances already stored in memory. The instance stored in memo ...
, in psychology, a theory about how humans categorize objects and ideas
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Exemplars (comics)
The Exemplars is a fictional group appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. It was made up of eight humans - Bedlam, Carnivore, Conquest, Decay, Inferno, Juggernaut (comics), Juggernaut, Stonecutter, and Tempest - who were ...
, a fictional group of eight humans in the Marvel Comics universe
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Exemplars of Evil
''Exemplars of Evil'' is a supplement to the 3.5 edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game written by Robert J. Schwalb.
Contents
''Exemplars of Evil'' is an accessory that shows how to build memorable villains for ''Dungeons & Dr ...
'', an accessory to the 3.5 edition of ''Dungeons & Dragons'' that shows how to build memorable villains
* ''
The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars'', a classic text of Confucian filial piety written by Guo Jujing during the Yuan dynasty
See also
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Example (disambiguation)
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Exemplum, a moral anecdote used to illustrate a point
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Role model
A role model is a person whose behaviour, example, or success is or can be emulated by others, especially by younger people. The term ''role model'' is credited to sociologist Robert K. Merton, who hypothesized that individuals compare themselves ...
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