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conceptual metaphor

conceptual metaphor noun: the understanding of one idea or conceptual domain in terms of another.

Noun

conceptual metaphor (plural conceptual metaphors)

  1. The understanding of one idea or conceptual domain in terms of another.

Forms of conceptual metaphor

pluralconceptual metaphors

Questions about conceptual metaphor

What does conceptual metaphor mean?
Conceptual metaphor means the understanding of one idea or conceptual domain in terms of another.
What part of speech is conceptual metaphor?
Conceptual metaphor is a noun.
What is the plural of conceptual metaphor?
The plural of conceptual metaphor is conceptual metaphors.

Words near conceptual metaphor in the dictionary

  1. conceptual engineering
  2. conceptual fallacies
  3. conceptual fallacy
  4. conceptual inverse
  5. conceptual inverses
  6. conceptual metaphor
  7. conceptual metaphors
  8. conceptual physics
  9. conceptual schema
  10. conceptual schemas
  11. conceptual schemata

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