Associations to the word «Examen»

Wiktionary

EXAMEN, noun. (obsolete) examination; inquiry

Dictionary definition

EXAMEN, noun. A detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits).
EXAMEN, noun. A critical study (as of a writer's work).

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky