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exhibition
exhibition
noun
Definition of EXHIBITION
1
a public showing of objects of interest <an exhibition of valuable and fascinating artifacts from a recovered pirate ship>
Related Words demonstration, performance, presentation, production; extravaganza, pageant, spectacle; auction, offering, presentment, sale
2
an outward and often exaggerated indication of something abstract (as a feeling) for effect <for the benefit of the crowd, the professional wrestler made a great exhibition of ferocity>
Related Words act, charade, facade (also façade), front, guise, pretense (or pretence), put-on, semblance, simulation; affectation, pose, sham; betrayal, disclosure
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