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Definition of Nuance
1. Noun. A subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude. "Don't argue about shades of meaning"
Generic synonyms: Import, Meaning, Significance, Signification
Derivative terms: Refine
Definition of Nuance
1. n. A shade of difference; a delicate gradation.
Definition of Nuance
1. Noun. A minor distinction. ¹
2. Noun. Subtlety or fine detail. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nuance
1. a slight variation [n -S] : NUANCED [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nuance
Literary usage of Nuance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ivory, Apes and Peacocks: Joseph Conrad, Walt Whitman, Jules Laforgue by James Huneker (1915)
"... THE CULT OF THE nuance LAFCADIO HEARN LAFCADIO HEARN, shy, complex, sensuous,
has in Elizabeth Bisland a sympathetic biographer. In her two volumes, ..."
2. The Story of Notation by Charles Francis Abdy Williams (1903)
"... indicate a nuance, which can be observed in the singing of untrained village
choirs of to-day—The modern letter notation derived from the ..."
3. The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States by United States Dept. of State, Francis Wharton, John Bassett Moore (1889)
"The office of superintendent of nuance, I suppose, is meant as one means of
restoring economy and vigor ; and nothing will keep up in the minds of the ..."
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