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A specific thing pretending to explain a general rule.
means A single case pulled out to show what a whole rule or category looks like.
from From Latin exemplum, 'a sample or model to be followed,' itself from eximere meaning 'to take out' (ex- 'out' + emere 'to take'). An example is literally something taken out of the pile to stand for the rest of it.
- etymology
- from latin exemplum, something taken out to show
- logic trap
- one example proves possibility, not probability
- overuse
- for example is the most common escape hatch in arguments
- irony
- this definition is itself one