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What does metaphoric mean?

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  1. Like a metaphor.
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The collage elements intricately play off the metaphoric conceits or evocative turns of phrase of the elaborately lettered texts.
The work of David Freedberg and Cell suggests that the animation implied here is something more than a metaphoric conceit.
The combination of fossils and gouged marks created a metaphoric interplay between fossilized creatures and shelled victims.
Also, notice that the metaphoric language Benjamin employs in this passage invokes travel and, indeed, traversal.
The fashion world is a fecund, fruitful and fertile source of metaphoric phrases.
It's not a lack of editorial courage but, one is fairly certain, long experience with the architects with purple faces and metaphoric horsewhips.

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