different between synopsis vs recapitulation

English

Etymology

From Late Latin synopsis, itself from Ancient Greek ??????? (súnopsis), from ??? (sún, “with or whole”) + ???? (ópsis, “view”) meaning whole view

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s??n?ps?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /s??n?ps?s/

Noun

synopsis (plural synopses)

1. (authorship) A brief summary of the major points of a written work, either as prose or as a table; an abridgment or condensation of a work.
2. A reference work containing brief articles that taken together give an overview of an entire field.
3. (Orthodoxy) A prayer book for use by the laity of the church.

Synonyms

• (brief summary): abridgment, abstract, conspectus, outline, overview, summary

Related terms

• synoptic
• synoptical
• synoptically
• synoptist

Translations

See also

• bird's-eye view

Further reading

• synopsis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• synopsis in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Finnish

Noun

synopsis

1. synopsis

Declension

Synonyms

• tiivistelmä

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.n?p.sis/

Noun

synopsis m or f (plural synopsis)

1. A general overview or synoptic table of a topic.
2. (media) Plot summary of a movie.

Further reading

• “synopsis” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (súnopsis, “shared view; estimate”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /sy?nop.sis/, [s???n?ps??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /si?nop.sis/, [si?n?psis]

Noun

synopsis f (genitive synopsis or synopse?s or synopsios); third declension

1. list
2. synopsis

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).

¹Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

Descendants

• English: synopsis
• French: synopsis
• Italian: sinossi
• Spanish: sinopsis
• Portuguese: sinopse

References

• synopsis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• synopsis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman recapitulaciun et al., Middle French recapitulacion et al., or their source, from Late Latin recapitulatio (“summing up, summary”), from the participle stem of recapitulare (“recapitulate”), from re- + capitulum (“chapter, section”), diminutive of caput (“head”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??i?k??p?tj??le??(?)n/
• (US) enPR: re·k?·p?·ch?·l??sh?n, IPA^(key): /?i?.k??p?.t???le?.?(?)n/

Noun

recapitulation (countable and uncountable, plural recapitulations)

1. A subsequent brief recitement or enumeration of the major points in a narrative, article, or book.

   Synonym: summary

3. (music) The third major section of a musical movement written in sonata form, representing thematic material that originally appeared in the exposition section.
4. (biology) The reenactment of the embryonic development in evolution of the species.
5. (theology) The symmetry provided by Christ's life to the teachings of the Old Testament; the summation of human experience in Jesus Christ.
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 144:

     one would expect God's final purpose to be expressed in his created world, since the doctrine of recapitulation showed that this is where his plans had worked out before.

Related terms

• recapitulate

Translations

Further reading

• recapitulation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia