Remetaphorize

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To change metaphors in a description.

    "We might rephrase and remetaphorize the idea again and say that Lazaro presents himself as a lens through which he makes us view his situation, and that the lens composes the image of the situation as he would like us to see it."

Example

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"We might rephrase and remetaphorize the idea again and say that Lazaro presents himself as a lens through which he makes us view his situation, and that the lens composes the image of the situation as he would like us to see it."

Etymology

From re- + metaphorize.

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