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object lesson

noun

Definitions

  1. A lesson taught (especially to young children) using a familiar or unusual object as a…

    A lesson taught (especially to young children) using a familiar or unusual object as a focus.

  2. An example from real life that explains a principle or teaches a lesson.

    • Vertebrates are limited to two eyes each, but the variations they have played on this plain vanilla starting point are an object lesson in how much can be made from a little.

  3. Anything used as an example or lesson which serves to warn others as to the outcomes that…

    Anything used as an example or lesson which serves to warn others as to the outcomes that result from a particular action or behavior, as exemplified by the fates of those who followed that course.

    • Let that be an object lesson to him.
    • Yet China, like Russia, is now giving us an object lesson in the usefulness of having an open society, where strongmen don’t get to invent their own reality.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA