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FIGURATIVE
figurative, nonliteral
(adjective) (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech; “figurative language”
figural, figurative
(adjective) consisting of or forming human or animal figures; “a figural design”; “the figurative art of the humanistic tradition”- Herbert Read
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
figurative (comparative more figurative, superlative most figurative)
Of use as a metaphor, simile, or metonym, as opposed to literal; using figures; as when saying that someone who eats more than they should is a pig or like a pig.
Metaphorically so called.
With many figures of speech.
Emblematic, symbolic; representative, exemplative
(art) representing forms recognisable in life and clearly derived from real object sources, in contrast to abstract art.
Usage notes
• Said of language, expression, etc.
Antonyms
• literal
Source: Wiktionary
Fig"ur*a*tive, a. Etym: [L. figurativus: cf. F. figuratif. See Figurative.]
1. Representing by a figure, or by resemblance; typical; representative. This, they will say, was figurative, and served, by God's appointment, but for a time, to shadow out the true glory of a more divine sanctity. Hooker.
2. Used in a sense that is tropical, as a metaphor; not literal; -- applied to words and expressions.
3. Ambounding in figures of speech; flowery; florid; as, a highly figurative description.
4. Relating to the representation of form or figure by drawing, carving, etc. See Figure, n., 2. They belonged to a nation dedicated to the figurative arts, and they wrote for a public familiar with painted form. J. A. Symonds. Figurative counterpointdescant. See under Figurate.
– Fig"ur*a*tive*ly, adv.
– Fig"ur*a*tive*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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