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I wonder if there is a well accepted term to cover "metaphor", "simile", "allegory" and the like. I would like to use "metaphor" in a broad sense for this but a philosopher friend objects to this.
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"Figurative" would work -- the only noun I can think of is the phrase "figures of speech."
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"Figurative language" is the term I've always heard used for this.
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>"figures of speech."
trope(s)
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Thank you, it appears to hit the mark. Carl
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