Metaphoricity
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Metaphoricity is a noun meaning The quality of being metaphorical.
Meaning
The quality of being metaphorical.
Example Sentences
1999, Preface to Gender Trouble by Judith Butler Just as metaphors lose their metaphoricity as they congeal through time into concepts, so subversive performances always run the risk of becoming deadening cliches through their repetition and, most importantly, through their repetition within commodity culture where subversion carries market value.
Word Forms
- metaphoricities
Synonyms for metaphoricity
Depending on context, synonyms include metaphoricality, metaphoricalness, metaphoricness.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include metaphoricalness, metaphysicality, metaphysicalness, metafictionality, symbolicalness, allegoricality.
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