Look up: figurative

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   figurative
   [adj] - (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal
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   Figurative
   Figurative is a term used to refer to any form of modern or contemporary art that retains strong references to the real world. It is used to describe Landscape and Architectural painting subjects, but more often it is associated with the human figure. In a general sense figurative also applies retrospectively to all art before abstract art.
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   Figurative
   (of a painting, drawing, etc.) representing something as it really looks, rather than in an abstract way.
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   Figurative
   Since the arrival of abstract art the term figurative has been used to refer to any form of modern art that retains strong references to the real world and particularly to the human figure. In a general sense figurative also applies retrospectively to all art before abstract art. Modern figurative art can be seen as distinct from modern realism in ...
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   figurative
   a data name that is reserved for a specified constant in a specified programming language Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)
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   Figurative
   Any piece of artwork that represents the form of a human, or an animal, or a thing, is figurative art.
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   Figurative
   Fig'ur·a·tive adjective [ Latin figurativus : confer French figuratif . See Figurative .] 1. Representing by a figure, or by resemblance; typical; representative. « This, they will say, was figurative , and served, by God's appointment, but for a time, to shadow out the true glory of a more divine sanctity.» Hooker. 2. Used in a sens ...
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   figurative
   nonliteral adjective (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech; `figurative language`
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   Figurative
   • (a.) Abounding in figures of speech; flowery; florid; as, a highly figurative description. • (a.) Used in a sense that is tropical, as a metaphor; not literal; -- applied to words and expressions. • (a.) Relating to the representation of form or figure by drawing, carving, etc. See Figure, n., 2. • (a.) Representing by a figur...
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