nonmetaphorical
adjective
non·met·a·phor·i·cal
| \ ˌnän-ˌme-tə-ˈfȯr-i-kəl
, -ˈfär-\
, -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
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