Remetaphorize
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 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
More examples"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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