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Nazism has come to be a metaphor for evil, according to academic Brian Johnson, leading to Nazi comparisons. [5] The Anti-Defamation League suggested that the Nazi era had become the "most available historical event illustrating right versus wrong." [6] Rosenfeld noted that Hitler "gained immortality as a historical analogy" and that he became: [2]
Metaphor may also be used for any rhetorical figures of speech that achieve their effects via association, comparison or resemblance. In this broader sense, antithesis, hyperbole, metonymy and simile would all be considered types of metaphor. Aristotle used both this sense and the regular, current sense above. [1]
A simile (/ ˈ s ɪ m əl i /) is a type of figure of speech that directly compares two things. [1] [2] Similes are often contrasted with metaphors, where similes necessarily compare two things using words such as "like", "as", while metaphors often create an implicit comparison (i.e. saying something "is" something else).
THE ONE WHERE FRIENDS TURNS 30: Chandler’s ‘rebound roommate’ Eddie appeared in just three episodes of ‘Friends’ in 1996, but he has gone on to become one of the sitcom’s most ...
Henry Fuseli's painting of Odysseus facing the choice between Scylla and Charybdis, 1794–1796. Being between Scylla and Charybdis is an idiom deriving from Greek mythology, which has been associated with the proverbial advice "to choose the lesser of two evils". [1]
The cover art for Michael Spivak's A Comprehensive Introduction to Differential Geometry, Vol.2, is a painting by the author featuring a sailing ship beneath a dark stormy sky, full of dead jesters and a single living jester having three albatrosses hanging from ropes around his neck, respectively labeled "Cartan", "Riemann", and "Gauss".
Blumhouse and Lionsgate have unveiled the trailer for the upcoming horror film “Imaginary,” set for a March 8 release. Directed by Jeff Wadlow, “Imaginary” stars DeWanda Wise as Jessica, a ...
The Verge reported in July 2018 that ligma "is the new bofa", a pun on "both of". [5] In a conversation, the speaker might set up the joke by saying, "I went to this great Italian restaurant last week, and they make great bofa", to prompt the question, "What's bofa?"