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mollusque commented on the word defiguratory
It seems plain to me that similes do not exist solely to express literal resemblances, as claimed by the theory of metaphor at its most defiguratory.
--Louise Shabat Bethlehem, 1996, "Simile and Figurative Language", Poetics Today 17(2)
June 23, 2008