inscape

inscape
inscape [in′skāp΄]
n.
the essential quality of a thing, place, person, etc., especially as expressed in an artistic work

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in·scape (ĭnʹskāp') n.
The essential, distinctive, and revelatory quality of a thing: “Here is the inscape, the epiphany, the moment of truth.” (Madison Smartt Bell).

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