Figurative may refer to:
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Figurative analogy A figurative analogy is a comparison about two things that are not alike but share only some common property. On the other hand, a literal analogy is about two things that are nearly exactly alike.
The two things compared in a figurative analogy ...
, a comparison between things that are not alike but do share some common property
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Figurative art
Figurative art, sometimes written as figurativism, describes artwork (particularly paintings and sculptures) that is clearly derived from real object sources and so is, by definition, representational. The term is often in contrast to abstract a ...
, representational artwork
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Literal and figurative language
Literal and figurative language is a distinction within some fields of language analysis, in particular stylistics, rhetoric, and semantics.
*Literal language uses words exactly according to their conventionally accepted meanings or denotation ...
, a distinction within language analysis
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Neo-figurative art, an expressionist revival art movement
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