Figurativeness

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  • n. The property of being figurative.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The state or quality of being figurative: as, figurativeness of expression.
    • Word Usage
    "In particular it can be evidence of figurativeness when a passage is incongruous or physical impossible when literally construed, but only when the incongruity would have been obvious to the author and the originally intended readers."
     
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