EXAMEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does examen mean? 

• EXAMEN (noun)
  The noun EXAMEN has 2 senses:

1. a detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits)

2. a critical study (as of a writer's work)

  Familiarity information: EXAMEN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXAMEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

examen; examination

Hypernyms ("examen" is a kind of...):

introspection; self-contemplation; self-examination (the contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A critical study (as of a writer's work)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("examen" is a kind of...):

criticism; critique (a serious examination and judgment of something)

 Context examples 

The Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative's (ADNI) version of the Auditory Verbal Learning Test (AVLT Version A) modified from Rey A. L'examen clinique en psychologie [Clinical tests in psychology].

(Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative Auditory Verbal Learning Test Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)