representational
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| —adj | |
| 1. | fine arts depicting or attempting to depict objects, scenes, figures, etc, directly as seen; naturalistic |
| 2. | of or relating to representation |
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Representational
has a plethora of syllables.
So is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Does it mean:
| the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). |
| an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language. |
Example sentences
In the first, which lasted barely a year, sacred practices and ritual objects were often depicted in a representational style.
Any representational image would have been tiresomely dissected for meanings religious, political, symbolic.
Language is representational, not reality in itself.
Any character or object can be imbued with significance or representational value.
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