Loosening
Equivalents
Examples
“Turning to metaphor, the loosenings involved in metaphorical interpretation tend⟳ not to be pure but to involve⟳ a change⟳ that results in the extension of the loosened concept overlapping with but not including all of the denotations of the pre-loosened concept.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
See also
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