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figuration

noun as in shape

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Decoded neurofeedback in this novel is really a kind of figuration, a metaphor for storytelling.

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The Daily Pic: After years of figuration, the artist goes fearlessly abstract.

About this central figuration extends infinitely a supporting background in a vague whole, undefined and undiscriminated.

The process which we have just described is the dominant process in Egyptian figuration.

Over a rolling figuration is a melody first for horn, then oboe, the Meditation motive.

The figuration of the main hatch showed a small square, and there was a companion or hatch-cover abaft the mainmast.

I stared earnestly at the rocky slopes on either hand, but could not have sworn their figuration was changed.

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On this page you'll find 15 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to figuration, such as: contour, form, outline, and symbolism.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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