unfigurative

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adjective

Not figurative; unmetaphorical; literal.

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Meanings

adjectiveunfigurative (comparative more unfigurative, superlative most unfigurative)

comparative more unfigurative · superlative most unfigurative

  1. Not figurative; unmetaphorical; literal.

    [T]he cognate passages […] would lead us to suppose that the Saviour spoke to the apostles of approaching events connected with Himself in definite expressions of an unfigurative character.

    1848, Samuel Davidson, An Introduction to the New Testament

Origin

From un- + figurative.

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APA

unfigurative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfigurative

MLA

“unfigurative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfigurative. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unfigurative,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfigurative.

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