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Synonyms for emphasis

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Synonyms for emphasis

special weight placed upon something considered important

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Synonyms for emphasis

special importance or significance

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intensity or forcefulness of expression

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special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e

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the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)

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Their didactic, socially utilitarian emphases never slighted the imagination and "poesy," with its various communicative devices.
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Their emphases, though, lead them in quite different directions.
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