representational
[rep-ri-zen-tey-shuh-nl, -zuh n-]
- of or relating to representation.
- representing or depicting an object in a recognizable manner: representational art.
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Origin of representational
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Contemporary Examples
The idea of placing atop this perfect thing a big granite planith surmounted by a representational bronze ... ugh.
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.
Historical Examples
On the functional theory of ideas, their value does not rest at all upon their representational nature.
Studies in Logical TheoryJohn Dewey
His books are neither documentary nor representational; his characters are symbols of human desires and motives.
ChivalryJames Branch Cabell
To justify our presence there the only thing demanded of us is that we shall have felt the representational impulse.
Personality in LiteratureRolfe Arnold Scott-James
representational
- fine arts depicting or attempting to depict objects, scenes, figures, etc, directly as seen; naturalistic
- of or relating to representation
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Word Origin and History for representational
adj.
1855, from representation + -al (1). Specifically of visual arts from 1923. Related: Representationally.
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