Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who uses or interprets figures or symbols; specifically, a believer in figurism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who uses or interprets figurative expressions.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who uses or interprets
figurative expressions .
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Examples
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Hmmm, abstract non-representationalist to figurist.
madrigle Diary Entry madrigle 2006
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In Durandus's mind Berengarius is a figurist pure and simple, after the manner of Scotus Eriugena, whose now lost book he is said to have possessed and used.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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