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figurative definition
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Overview of adj figurative The adj figurative has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (3) figurative, nonliteral -- ((used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech; "figurative language") 2. figural, figurative -- (consisting of or forming human or animal figures; "a figural design"; "the figurative art of the humanistic tradition"- Herbert Read) Antonyms of adj figurative 2 senses of figurative Sense 1 figurative (vs. literal), nonliteral literal (vs. figurative) => denotative, explicit Sense 2 figural, figurative INDIRECT (VIA representational) -> nonrepresentational Similarity of adj figurative 2 senses of figurative Sense 1 figurative (vs. literal), nonliteral => analogical => extended => metaphorical, metaphoric => metonymic, metonymical => poetic => synecdochic, synecdochical => tropical Also See-> rhetorical#2 Sense 2 figural, figurative => representational (vs. nonrepresentational) Attributes of adj figurative Familiarity of adj figurative figurative used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj figurative figurative nonfigurative prefigurative Overview of adj figurative The adj figurative has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (3) figurative, nonliteral -- ((used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech; "figurative language") 2. figural, figurative -- (consisting of or forming human or animal figures; "a figural design"; "the figurative art of the humanistic tradition"- Herbert Read)
figurative definition
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