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METAPHORICAL THINKING [1 record]

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Record 1 2002-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
OBS

A device used in decision counselling process.

OBS

metaphor : A type of comparison in which one object is equated with another and qualities of the first are then ascribed to the second(...) Metaphorical language is a form of primary process thinking.

Key term(s)
  • metaphorical thought

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
OBS

pensée: faculté permettant à l'homme de réfléchir, de raisonner, de juger, d'atteindre à l'abstraction.

OBS

métaphore: Figure de rhétorique, et par ext. Procédé de langage qui consiste dans un transfert de sens [...] par substitution analogique.

Spanish

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