Timeline for Literary term for implied meaning
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| Feb 21, 2017 at 23:58 | comment | added | j.brown.t | tashbīh = simile / majāz = metaphor / istiʿāra = (?metaphor by proxy? sub-category of metaphor) / kināyah = (where the implied meaning is intended while the original meaning is still quite plausible) -- whereas in majāz, the literal meaning is not rationally or circumstantially possible. -- so I'm not so worried about stylistic usage to the degree I might be when writing proper "prose". | |
| Feb 21, 2017 at 23:50 | comment | added | j.brown.t | I get you and appreciate the response. So I'm translating concepts and looking for a term to use as English nomenclature for a literary concept. | |
| Feb 21, 2017 at 23:34 | review | First posts | |||
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| Feb 21, 2017 at 23:32 | history | answered | nope2023 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |