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    FIGURATIVE

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     I. (adjective) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speechplay

    Example:

    figurative language

    Synonyms:

    figurative; nonliteral

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    analogical (expressing, composed of, or based on an analogy)

    extended (beyond the literal or primary sense)

    metaphoric; metaphorical (expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another)

    metonymic; metonymical (using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated)

    poetic (characterized by romantic imagery)

    synecdochic; synecdochical (using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special; or the material for the thing made of it)

    tropical (characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense)

    Also:

    rhetorical (given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought)

    Antonym:

    literal (limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Consisting of or forming human or animal figuresplay

    Example:

    the figurative art of the humanistic tradition

    Synonyms:

    figural; figurative

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    representational ((used especially of art) depicting objects, figures,or scenes as seen)

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