The Emergence Machine

Metaphor

abstract · Literature · Level 13 · E9

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

A metaphor is a figure of speech that creates a direct comparison between two things, suggesting similarities between them.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “metaphor” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “metaphor”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
metaphor
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL13L12L11L10L2L1L0MetaphorSpeechProductionPrincipal… intermediate l…ThingFormInformationLifeActionChangeCollectionExistenceEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesMetaphorL13ThingL2SpeechL12E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Thing L2 (requires)
    A figure of speech in which one thing is described as if it were something else, creating a direct comparison to suggest similarities between unlike things.
  • Speech L12 (requires)
    A figure of speech in which one thing is described as if it were something else, creating a direct comparison to suggest similarities between unlike things.