- 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...
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Metaphor:
ReFantazio is an
upcoming role-playing
video game
developed by
Studio Zero and
published by Atlus. It is the
first original game from Studio...
- An
extended metaphor, also
known as a
conceit or
sustained metaphor, is the use of a
single metaphor or
analogy at
length in a work of literature. It differs...
- In
cognitive linguistics,
conceptual metaphor, or
cognitive metaphor,
refers to the
understanding of one idea, or
conceptual domain, in
terms of another...
-
baseball metaphors for **** are
often used as
euphemisms for the
degree of
physical intimacy achieved in ****ual
encounters or relationships. In the
metaphor, first...
- his guilt. From this
arose the
image of an
albatross around the neck as
metaphor for a
burden that is
difficult to escape. This
sense is
catalogued in the...
-
Illness as
Metaphor is a 1978 work of
critical theory by
Susan Sontag, in
which she
challenged the victim-blaming in the
language that is
often used to...
- The C****andra
metaphor (variously
labeled the C****andra "syndrome", "complex", "phenomenon", "predicament", "dilemma", "curse")
relates to a
person whose...
- the hunter-gatherer
tribal societies of the Mesolithic, but only as a
metaphor. A society's
Golden Age
marks that
period in its
history having a heightened...
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Conceptual metaphor,
metaphors in
cognitive linguistics,
understanding one idea or
conceptual domain in
terms of
another Interface metaphor,
metaphors in computer...