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Explanation

A stage or form of scientific study which consists in revealing the essence of the object studied. According to its epistemological significance, explanation is divided into a number of types: explanation through the general (analogy, model), causal explanation, explanation through law, etc. Explanation is directly connected with description and is based on it. Scientific prevision of events is possible only on the basis of explanation. The prediction of communism and the process of its practical building are founded on a deep scientific explanation of the laws of social development given by Marxism-Leninism.