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The act of placing limits on something
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circumscription
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Circumscription may refer to: Circumscribed circle Circumscription (logic) Circumscription (taxonomy) Carneiro's Circumscription Theory a theory about the origins of the political state in the history of human evolution proposed by the American anthropologist ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Circumscription \Cir`cum*scrip"tion\, n. [L. circumscriptio. See Circumscribe .] An inscription written around anything. [R.] --Ashmole. The exterior line which determines the form or magnitude of a body; outline; periphery. --Ray. The act of limiting, ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 the act of circumscribe or the quality of being circumscribed 2 anything that circumscribes or a circumscribed area 3 (context taxonomy English) the definition of what does and does not belong to a given taxon, from a particular taxonomic viewpoint ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of circumscribing
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1530s, from Latin circumscriptionem (nominative circumscriptio ) "an encircling; fact of being held to set limits," noun of action from past participle stem of circumscribere (see circumscribe ). Figurative sense of "setting limits of meaning" is earliest ...
Usage examples of circumscription.
He can find no limit to his agitation this side of vague generality, which is no reality, but a pure nullity, for he respects no territorial or individual circumscriptions, and must regard creation itself as a blunder.
He hated the limitations of modern medicine, all circumscriptions of human knowledge, and his own inadequacies.
Elvo often reflected that here was a life to be envied, a life without circumscription and no routine other than that imposed by the winds and the seasons.
Territorial divisions or circumscriptions found particular societies, states, or nations.
Directly, or through them, he makes requisitions, sequestrates or confiscates as he sees fit, taxes, imprisons, transports or decapitates as he see fit, and, in his circumscription, he is the pasha.