- A
metaphor is a
figure of
speech that, for
rhetorical effect,
directly refers to one
thing by
mentioning another. It may
provide (or obscure)
clarity or...
- A dead
metaphor is a
figure of
speech which has lost the
original imagery of its
meaning by extensive, repetitive, and po****r usage, or
because it refers...
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Metaphor:
ReFantazio is a 2024 role-playing
video game
developed by
Studio Zero and
published by
Atlus in ****an and Sega worldwide.
Metaphor: ReFantazio...
- In
cognitive linguistics,
conceptual metaphor, or
cognitive metaphor,
refers to the
understanding of one idea, or
conceptual domain, in
terms of another...
- As a
metaphor, a
touchstone is any
physical or
intellectual measure by
which the
validity or
merit of a
concept can be tested. It is
similar in use to...
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Various folk
cultures and
traditions ****ign
symbolic meanings to plants.
Although these are no
longer commonly understood by po****tions that are increasingly...
-
baseball metaphors for **** are
often used as
euphemisms for the
degree of
physical intimacy achieved in ****ual
encounters or relationships. In the
metaphor, first...
- "Decolonization is Not a
Metaphor" is an
academic paper published in 2012 by
scholars Eve Tuck and K.
Wayne Yang. The
paper argues that decolonization...
- The use of war as
metaphor is a
longstanding literary and
rhetorical trope. In
political usage, war
metaphors are used to
manage a
perceived societal...
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Identifying human races in
terms of skin colour, at
least as one
among several physiological characteristics, has been
common since antiquity. Such divisions...
