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"Metaphor" Definition

noun

One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol: "Hollywood has always been an irresistible, prefabricated metaphor for the crass, the materialistic, the shallow, and the craven” ( Neal Gabler).
A in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or between them (as in ).
Figurative language .
An object, activity, or idea treated as a metaphor .

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