Classify the following: "If you want to know what corruption is, just look at the Democratic senator from this state."

Answer: A. definition by example

Explanation:

A definition by example is when a characteristic or the variable being defined is defined by using another variable as an example.

For instance, To understand the feeling of drinking a cold Coca-Cola in the middle of Florida summer, just take a cold bath.

Here the refreshing qualities of coke are described as taking a cold bath.

In the question, the definition of corruption is the Democratic Senator which makes it a definition by example.