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Par Excellence
/ˌpɑr ˌɛksəˈlɑn(t)s/
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What does Par Excellence mean?
adverb
- Because or on account of one's excellence.
- Most especially, in particular, most notably (out of a thing or person's other attributes, roles, etc.).
- In a superior way, in the most representative or fully-developed manner.
More meanings (2)
adjective
- Being the proper or truest example of a general name.
- Being a quintessential example of a general type.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌpɑr ˌɛksəˈlɑn(t)s/
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Choice, which is intimately associated with inhibition, is par excellence a cerebral function and in general is associated with intense consciousness.
History and geography--including in the latter, for reasons about to be mentioned, nature study--are the information studies par excellence of the schools.
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Before going further, let us take notice that the seventeenth century is, par excellence, the century distinguished for narratives of imaginary travels.
Half-an-hour after sunrise Mr Gordon walks quietly into the vast building which contains the sheep and their shearers--called "the shed," par excellence.
Nothing about it is certain, but that for months it was the slang par excellence of the Londoners, and afforded them a vast gratification.