Meanings
nounconceptual metaphor (plural conceptual metaphors)
plural conceptual metaphors
- human sciencesThe understanding of one idea or conceptual domain in terms of another.
Translations
Finnish käsitteellinen metafora
- käsitteellinen metaforalinguistics: understanding an idea in terms of another
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