nonmetaphorical

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonmetaphorical
Adjective
  • Lee Ungno has great facility with ink, for example, but executing the densely interwoven vines of a wisteria, frequently a symbol of longevity, to resemble a thoroughly nonfigurative Jackson Pollock drip-painting seems dismissive in a perhaps unintentionally jokey way.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Back then, Pop Art—of which Oldenburg’s work was a kind of rough version—was puzzling, if not a bit scandalous to an art world that had, only recently, barely gotten used to the nonfigurative paint pyrotechnics of Abstract Expressionism.
    Peter Plagens, WSJ, 22 July 2022
Adjective
  • The number culminated in some choreography complete with literal waterworks.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The Broncos’ offense is going through the motions right now, literal or otherwise.
    Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Nonmetaphorical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonmetaphorical. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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