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examen
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of EXAMEN
1
a systematic search for the truth or facts about something <an examen of the president's assasination that has been plagued by controversy since its original publication>
Synonyms delving, disquisition, examen, examination, exploration, inquest, inquisition, investigation, probation, probe, probing, research, study
Related Words quest; audit, check; checkup, diagnosis, inspection; hearing, interrogation, trial; feeler, query, question; poll, questionary, questionnaire, survey; challenge, cross-examination, going-over, grilling, quiz; rehearing, reinvestigation; self-examination, self-exploration, self-questioning, self-reflection, self-scrutiny, soul-searching
2
an essay evaluating or analyzing something <an insightful examen of the poet's works>
Related Words column, commentary, editorial, punditry; appraisal, assessment, evaluation; analysis, examination, opinion, outline, study, survey
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