nonfigurative

基本解释

In view of this situation, the author points out that non-linguistic factors can form not only general figurative languages but also figures of speech.
实际上非语言要素不仅可以构成一般性修辞，而且可以构成修辞格。
Thirdly, words which are collocated with the semantic content are characterized by non-iconicity when they can change into figurative sense and different meanings.
言语通过语义搭配形成转义或者歧义时具有非象似性的特征。
Our proposal puts in a new relationship two themes that we have developed in our previous work: non-figurative architecture and figurative signs directly imprinted on the territory.
我们在前次设计的基础上发展了两个具有新关系的主题：非比喻性的建筑与直接印刻在场域中的比喻性标志。
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This fleeting episode in his career is obscure, because he would never take credit for conceiving non-figurative art, an idea that exasperated him.
NEWYORKER: Shapes of Things