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dead metaphor

metaphor that has lost its original imagery and thereby ceased to be a metaphor proper
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dead metaphor

Summary

dead metaphor ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (96 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • dead metaphor's subclass of is recorded as metaphor[2].
  • dead metaphor's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/030glk[3].
  • dead metaphor's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as dead-metaphor[4].
  • dead metaphor's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 07121768-n[5].

Why It Matters

dead metaphor ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (96 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . merriam-webster.com. merriam-webster.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). dead metaphor. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/dead-metaphor
MLA “dead metaphor.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/dead-metaphor.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_dead-metaphor_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{dead metaphor}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/dead-metaphor}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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