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writ large

(slightly formal)

expressed in a bigger or more obvious way She believed that cultures are just personalities writ large. The genius of the story is that it's about ordinary life writ large.

Usage notes: usually used after a noun, as in the examples

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writ large

  (formal)

if something is another thing writ large, it is a clearer or stronger form of that thing Hollywood is American society writ large.

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writ large

Signified, expressed, or embodied with greater magnitude, as in That book on Lincoln is simply an article writ large. [Mid-1600s]

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writ large

Signified, expressed, or embodied in a greater or more prominent magnitude or degree: "The man was no more than the boy writ large" (George Eliot).

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