nonmetaphorical

adjective
non·​met·​a·​phor·​i·​cal | \ ˌnän-ˌme-tə-ˈfȯr-i-kəl How to pronounce nonmetaphorical (audio) , -ˈfär-\

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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