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IMAGINATIVE COMPARISON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does imaginative comparison mean? 

IMAGINATIVE COMPARISON (noun)
  The noun IMAGINATIVE COMPARISON has 1 sense:

1. the kind of mental comparison that is expressed in similes or metaphors or allegoriesplay

  Familiarity information: IMAGINATIVE COMPARISON used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


IMAGINATIVE COMPARISON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The kind of mental comparison that is expressed in similes or metaphors or allegories

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("imaginative comparison" is a kind of...):

comparison (relation based on similarities and differences)


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