examen

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/ɪɡˈzeɪ.mən/

noun

examination; inquiry

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examination
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Meanings

nounexamen (plural examens)

plural examens

  1. obsoleteexamination; inquiry

    July 11, 1780, William Cowper, letter to the Rev. William Unwin For this reason I decline answering the question with which you concluded your last, and cannot persuade myself to enter into a critical examen of the two pieces upon Lord Mansfield's loss […]

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits)

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examination
Broader
introspectionself-contemplationself-examination
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examination

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinexāmen“the tongue of a balance, examination”
  2. Englishexamen

From Latin exāmen (“the tongue of a balance, examination”), for exagmen, from exigere (“to weigh accurately, to treat”): compare French examen. See exact.

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APA

examen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/examen

MLA

“examen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/examen. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “examen,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/examen.

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