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representational
[ rep-ri-zen-tey-shuh-nl, -zuhn- ]
adjective
- of or relating to representation.
- representing or depicting an object in a recognizable manner:
representational art.
representational
/ ˌrɛprɪzɛnˈteɪʃənəl /
adjective
- fine arts depicting or attempting to depict objects, scenes, figures, etc, directly as seen; naturalistic
- of or relating to representation
Other Words From
- unrep·re·sen·tation·al adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of representational1
Example Sentences
This is jaw-droppingly strange since perfumes, like paintings and sculpture, are often hyper-representational.
The idea of placing atop this perfect thing a big granite planith surmounted by a representational bronze ... ugh.
The very fact of depicting at one-to-one carries special representational weight.
In fact, when used correctly (i.e., by the Democrats), the filibuster can help right this representational wrong.
Voit documents a perceptual anomaly and allows it to trick us—or not—without any representational manipulation.
To justify our presence there the only thing demanded of us is that we shall have felt the representational impulse.
Strictly representational it may not be, but there are none of your whorls and cylinders and angles and what nots.
On the functional theory of ideas, their value does not rest at all upon their representational nature.
His books are neither documentary nor representational; his characters are symbols of human desires and motives.
He wondered what on earth "anti-representational" could mean.
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