poetic licencenoun [ U ]
UK US poetic license uk/pəʊˌet.ɪk ˈlaɪ.səns/us/poʊˌet̬.ɪk ˈlaɪ.səns/the act by a writer or poet of changing facts or rules to make a story or poem more interesting or effective:
She used a fair amount of poetic licence when describing her life in rural France.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Representation in art & in general
- capture
- depict
- depiction
- perspective
- portray
- realism
- represent
- representation
- representational
- semiotics
- simulacrum
- stylized
- symbolic
- symbolism
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