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  • a  of or relating to a presentation (especially in psychology or philosophy)
    what Whitehead calls `perception in the presentational immediacy'

  • He induced Thomas Newman to write a lush symphonic score in something like the Max Steiner mode and encouraged his actors to perform in the old presentational manner, as if they'd .
  • At best one thinks of Brecht's presentational theater, at worst (not often) of Saturday Night Live.
  • The Administration's presentational gaffes have been breathtaking.
News & Articles

  • Embalming: A scientific process
    Embalming is a scientific process that serves one purpose over its many others — to prolong a decedent’s presentational integrity. As a funeral practitioner, I am often asked about embalming.
    March 20, 2014 - The Coldwater Daily Reporter
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  • Lord Sainsbury of Turville in Telegraph.co.uk
    Mellor is the business development director of Three Delta, the investment fund behind the deal, and is advising the Qataris on various "political and presentational" aspects of their bid for Sainsbury, according to an executive close to the...
  • Peter Mandelson in Bristol Evening Post
    What we have seen is yet another wobble from the Conservative Party, this time on the crucial subject of the future of the regional development agencies,added Lord Mandelson. "The letter is the latest in a series of presentational swerves...
  • David Foster in Variety
    After doing Rufus at Carnegie, it struck us that 'Springer' would be a great concert,Foster says. "It's fairly presentational, especially in the first act, which takes place at a talkshow."

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