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单词 nonmetaphorical
释义

nonmetaphorical

adjective

non·​met·​a·​phor·​i·​cal ˌnän-ˌme-tə-ˈfȯr-i-kəl How to pronounce nonmetaphorical (audio)
-ˈfär-
: not of, relating to, or employing a metaphor
a straightforward, nonmetaphorical explanation
Some of our conceptual understandings of love, marriage, anger and other abstract concepts may be nonmetaphorical, but a great many of these abstract concepts appear to be constituted by metaphor. Raymond W. Gibbs

Word History

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above

nonmetaphorical

adjective

as in nonfigurative

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • nonfigurative
  • literal
  • nonsymbolic

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • metaphorical
  • tropical
  • metaphoric
  • tropological
  • extended
  • symbolic
  • figurative
  • figural
  • allegorical
  • symbolical
  • emblematic
  • emblematical
  • catachrestic
  • catachrestical
  • sylleptic
  • Aesopic
  • Aesopian
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