non-figurativeadj.

Brit.

/nɒnˈfɪɡ(ə)rətɪv/,

/nɒnˈfɪɡjᵿrətɪv/, U.S.

/nɑnˈfɪɡjərədɪv/,

/nɑnˈfɪɡjəˌreɪdɪv/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: non- prefix, figurative adj.

Etymology: < non- prefix + figurative adj.

1. Of (an item of) language: not figurative; literal.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > literal meaning > [adjective]

stafflyc1000

native1579

proper1579

literal1597

Nicodemical1642

alphabetical1643

unallegorical1776

unsymbolic1871

non-figurative1900

1900 Philos. Rev. 9 336 Latin is..non-figurative and settled.

1927 O. Jespersen Mod. Eng. Gram. III. xiv. 294 Play in the non-figurative sense has often to: he played Beethoven to us.

1985 MLN 100 1171 A carefully constructed, non-figurative nomenclature becomes an active research tool.

2. Art. Characterized by an absence of or freedom from representational qualities; = abstract adj. 6.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > late 19th and 20th centuries > [adjective] > non-objective or abstract

abstract1851

non-figurative1934

non-objective1936

non-objectivist1963

post-painterly1964

1934 Burlington Mag. Aug. 94/1 Cubism or non-figurative art is dismissed as an ephemeral movement.

1955 P. Heron Changing Forms Art iii. 40 Until painting became non-figurative, the spatial configuration which the painter registered upon his canvas consisted of forms that could be read as illusionistic references to real objects; objects.

1962 Listener 19 July 94/1 The non-figurative painter avoids stereotypes by means of marks and shapes, the interpretation of which is arbitrary, since the truly non-figurative is infinitely ambiguous.

2000 Trav. & Leisure May 209 Stone benches clad in a harlequin pattern of non-figurative blue-and-white tiles.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	non-figurative
释义	non-figurativeadj. Brit. /nɒnˈfɪɡ(ə)rətɪv/, /nɒnˈfɪɡjᵿrətɪv/, U.S. /nɑnˈfɪɡjərədɪv/, /nɑnˈfɪɡjəˌreɪdɪv/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: non- prefix, figurative adj. Etymology: < non- prefix + figurative adj. 1. Of (an item of) language: not figurative; literal. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > literal meaning > [adjective] stafflyc1000 native1579 proper1579 literal1597 Nicodemical1642 alphabetical1643 unallegorical1776 unsymbolic1871 non-figurative1900 1900 Philos. Rev. 9 336 Latin is..non-figurative and settled. 1927 O. Jespersen Mod. Eng. Gram. III. xiv. 294 Play in the non-figurative sense has often to: he played Beethoven to us. 1985 MLN 100 1171 A carefully constructed, non-figurative nomenclature becomes an active research tool. 2. Art. Characterized by an absence of or freedom from representational qualities; = abstract adj. 6. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > late 19th and 20th centuries > [adjective] > non-objective or abstract abstract1851 non-figurative1934 non-objective1936 non-objectivist1963 post-painterly1964 1934 Burlington Mag. Aug. 94/1 Cubism or non-figurative art is dismissed as an ephemeral movement. 1955 P. Heron Changing Forms Art iii. 40 Until painting became non-figurative, the spatial configuration which the painter registered upon his canvas consisted of forms that could be read as illusionistic references to real objects; objects. 1962 Listener 19 July 94/1 The non-figurative painter avoids stereotypes by means of marks and shapes, the interpretation of which is arbitrary, since the truly non-figurative is infinitely ambiguous. 2000 Trav. & Leisure May 209 Stone benches clad in a harlequin pattern of non-figurative blue-and-white tiles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1900
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