Exposition
Exposition noun - A public showing of objects of interest.
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Synonyms for Exposition
Summary is an antonym for exposition.
Summary
How words are described
| good | good exposition | good summary |
| full | full exposition | full summary |
| long | long exposition | long summary |
| detailed | detailed exposition | detailed summary |
| Other adjectives: brief, short, awkward, simple, heavy, actual, real, little, quick, key, vague, general, condensed, lengthy, previous, snarky, technobabble. | ||
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Exposition: Munlik, "Temujin's" advisor, delivers a page-long political summary which all the characters should have known, but the readers did not.
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The scene the player sees is the conjuction of every scattered exposition in the form of a quick summary, effectively fooling the player into believing that all three teams are listening to Zero at the same time when actually they're not.
Source: Visual Novel / Zero Time Dilemma - Synopsis: (Author's summary) "This is an animated music video for the Alternian ancestors—characters in the webcomic Homestuck whose epic story is only ever relayed via exposition." A very epic animated video which shows the lives of all of the ancestors.
Source: Fanfic Recs / Homestuck
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Summary and Exposition. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/exposition/summary
Exposition & Summary. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/exposition/summary>.
Summary or Exposition. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/exposition/summary.
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