REPRESENTATIONAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does representational mean? 

• REPRESENTATIONAL (adjective)
  The adjective REPRESENTATIONAL has 1 sense:

1. (used especially of art) depicting objects, figures,or scenes as seen

  Familiarity information: REPRESENTATIONAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REPRESENTATIONAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(used especially of art) depicting objects, figures,or scenes as seen

Context example:

representational images

Similar:

delineative; depictive (depicted in a recognizable manner)

eidetic (of visual imagery of almost photographic accuracy)

figural; figurative (consisting of or forming human or animal figures)

mimetic (characterized by or of the nature of or using mimesis)

naturalistic; realistic (representing what is real; not abstract or ideal)

Antonym:

nonrepresentational (of or relating to a style of art in which objects do not resemble those known in physical nature)