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REPRESENTATIONAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(used especially of art) depicting objects, figures,or scenes as seen
Example:
representational images
Classified under:
Similar:
delineative; depictive (depicted in a recognizable manner)
eidetic (of visual imagery of almost photographic accuracy)
figural; figurative (consisting of or forming human or animal figures)
mimetic (characterized by or of the nature of or using mimesis)
naturalistic; realistic (representing what is real; not abstract or ideal)
Antonym:
nonrepresentational (of or relating to a style of art in which objects do not resemble those known in physical nature)
