figural in English

adjective
1
(in postmodernist writing) relating to or denoting a form of signification that relies on imagery and association rather than on rational and linguistic concepts.
Our received knowledge is that film is primarily a ‘visual’ medium; ergo, its represented references and appeal to most of our other senses are understood as figural rather than literal.
adjective

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "figural" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "figural", or refer to the context using the word "figural" in the English Dictionary.

1. Blackamoor figural backplate, issuing two trumpet-form arms

2. Aquicultural, Armigeral, biliteral, carnivoral, cerebrovisceral, commissural, dipteral, figural, foraminiferal

3. Examples: “Against the class Collaborationism of Social Democracy and its anti-Communist animus, the Councilist tradition was revolutionary and pre-figural

4. Arabesque definition is - an ornament or style that employs flower, foliage, or fruit and sometimes animal and figural outlines to produce an intricate pattern of interlaced lines

5. From classic diamonds in platinum, to a simple bar or circle, to the endlessly fun and figural, our vintage Brooches have come in nearly every shape and design you can imagine.

6. More than 66 feet long and probably the most complex of the artist’s figural compositions, this scroll depicts 500 Arhats, 18 attendants, and Guanyin, the bodhisattva of compassion, at its very end

7. Pair of Wrought Iron Goat Andirons, circa 1950, France 19th Century Pair of Dore Bronze Chenets Andirons Signed Bird with Man and Woman Pair of Figural Louis XV Style Cherub Motif Ormolu Bronze Andirons CARRARA Marble Corner Fireplace Louis XVI