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figurative
'figurative' - used as an adjective
1. (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech
figurative language
 2. consisting of or forming human or animal figures
the figurative art of the humanistic tradition
See also
  • analogical
  • extended
  • metaphoric
  • metaphorical
  • metonymic
  • metonymical
  • poetic
  • representational
  • rhetorical
  • synecdochic
  • synecdochical
  • tropical
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