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NONFIGURATIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nonfigurative mean?
• NONFIGURATIVE (adjective)
The adjective NONFIGURATIVE has 1 sense:
1. not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature
Familiarity information: NONFIGURATIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature
Synonyms:
abstract; abstractionist; nonfigurative; nonobjective
Context example:
a large abstract painting
Similar:
nonrepresentational (of or relating to a style of art in which objects do not resemble those known in physical nature)
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