Usually means: Creative analogy between different concepts.
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  5. imaginative comparison: Mnemonic Dictionary
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▸ noun:  the kind of mental comparison that is expressed in similes or metaphors or allegories


Opposite:
literal, factual, straightforward, realistic

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Opposite:
literal, factual, straightforward, realistic




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