FIGURATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does figuration mean? 

• FIGURATION (noun)
  The noun FIGURATION has 2 senses:

1. representing figuratively as by emblem or allegory

2. decorating with a design

  Familiarity information: FIGURATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIGURATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Representing figuratively as by emblem or allegory

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("figuration" is a kind of...):

representation (an activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "figuration"):

symbolising; symbolizing (the act of representing something with a symbol)

Derivation:

figure (imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Decorating with a design

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("figuration" is a kind of...):

decoration (the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive))