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emanation
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Something that flows out from or is produced by a source, especially something subtle or intangible.
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The soft light seemed like an emanation from the stained-glass window.
Critics saw the new policy as a natural emanation of the party's core values.
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Historically important in philosophy and theology to describe how lesser realities are thought to proceed from a divine source.
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