exposition

 
Pronunciation: /ɛkspəˈzɪʃ(ə)n/

noun

  • 1a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory: a systematic exposition of the idea of biodiversity
  • 2a large public exhibition of art or trade goods: the exposition will feature exhibits by 165 companies
  • 3 Music the part of a movement, especially in sonata form, in which the principal themes are first presented.
  • 4 [mass noun] archaic the action of making something public: the country squires dreaded the exposition of their rustic conversation

Derivatives

expositional

adjective

Origin:

Middle English: from Latin expositio(n-), from the verb exponere 'expose, publish, explain'