🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

視覚的隠喩

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shikakuteki inyu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Visual Metaphor/ˈvɪʒuəl ˈmɛtəfɔːr/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"そのデザインは強力な視覚的隠喩を含んでいます。"

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As noun
  1. 1

    The representation of a person, place, thing, or idea by means of a visual image that suggests a particular association or similarity.

    "The advertisement used a melting clock as a visual metaphor for the waste of time."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Coined in the context of semiotics and art criticism, combining 'visual' (from Late Latin visualis, relating to sight) and 'metaphor' (from Greek metaphora, a transfer or carrying over).

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