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Definition of Nonfigurative
1. Adjective. Not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature. "A large abstract painting"
Similar to: Nonrepresentational
Derivative terms: Abstractness, Abstractionist
Definition of Nonfigurative
1. Adjective. Not figurative. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nonfigurative
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonfigurative
Literary usage of Nonfigurative
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Testimony of Jesus Christ by Anthony/Charles Garland (2007)
"Otherwise, it is nonfigurative.54 As an example, Tan's guideline can be applied
productively in the case of the binding of Satan: Then I saw an angel coming ..."
2. De Stijl Continued: The Journal Structure (1958-1964) an Artists' Debate by Jonneke Jobse (2005)
"Work resulting from these approaches may have plastic purity and a rationale in
keeping with purely nonfigurative creation but it will be undermined with ..."
3. I Laghi della Lombardia: Immagini del XIX Secolo Dagli Archivi Alinari by Giampaolo Dossena (1985)
"... "figurative" here means "non-nonfigurative". Everything that the Touring Club
has printed since then ("Attraverso l'l ta lia - Nuova serie"—Touring ..."
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