figurativeadjective
uk/ˈfɪɡ.ər.ə.tɪv/us/ˈfɪɡ.jɚ.ə.tɪv/figurative adjective (LANGUAGE)
written abbreviation fig. (of words and phrases) used not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning, in order to create a special effect:
Of course, she was using the term "massacre" in the figurative sense.
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Figurative use of language
- a metaphor for sth idiom
- allegory
- allusion
- as
- as it were idiom
- fig
- figuratively
- figure of speech
- imagery
- ironic
- irony
- metaphor
- metaphorical
- metonymy
- mix
- mix your metaphors idiom
- mixed metaphor
- pathetic fallacy
- speak
- symbol
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figurative adjective (ART)
(of a painting, drawing, etc.) representing something as it really looks, rather than in an abstract way
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Art history & artistic movements
- abstract
- aesthetics
- art nouveau
- baroque
- classicism
- impressionist
- mannerism
- minimalist
- modernism
- modernist
- pointillism
- pop art
- portraiture
- postmodern
- postmodernism
- screen printing
- silkscreen
- still life
- structuralism
- surrealism
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