1 nonmetaphorical | Definition of nonmetaphorical

nonmetaphorical

adjective
non路​met路​a路​phor路​i路​cal | \ 藢n盲n-藢me-t蓹-藞f券r-i-k蓹l How to pronounce nonmetaphorical (audio) , -藞f盲r-\

Definition of nonmetaphorical

: not of, relating to, or employing a metaphor a straightforward, nonmetaphorical explanation Some of our conceptual understandings of love, marriage, anger and other abstract concepts may be nonmetaphorical, but a great many of these abstract concepts appear to be constituted by metaphor.— Raymond W. Gibbs

First Known Use of nonmetaphorical

1941, in the meaning defined above

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