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Definition of Metaphorical
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Metaphorical
Of or pertaining to metaphor; comprising a metaphor; not literal; figurative; tropical; as, a metaphorical expression; a metaphorical sense. Related Definitions:
As, Comprising, Expression, Figurative, Literal, Metaphor, Metaphorical, Not, Of, Or, Pertaining, Sense, To, Tropical |
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Metaphorical Quotations
But it then very soon became clear that the response of a war against terrorism, initially conceived of in a metaphorical sense, began to be taken increasingly seriously and came to entail waging a real war. Ulrich Beck Our tools are extensions of our purposes, and so we find it natural to make metaphorical attributions of intentionality to them; but I take it no philosophical ice is cut by such examples. John Searle Language operates between literal and metaphorical signification. Robert Smithson In recent decades this symbolic or metaphorical lyric has given way to one which leans toward metonymy. Thomas Harrison |
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Metaphorical Translations
metaphorical in German is metaphorische |
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