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Citation reference: Harvey, L., 2012-24, Social Research Glossary, Quality Research International, http://www.qualityresearchinternational.com/socialresearch/
This is a dynamic glossary and the author would welcome any e-mail suggestions for additions or amendments.
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Metaphor
A metaphor is an instance of a word or phrase applied to an object or action to which it does not literraly apply, as, for example, in' food for thought'.
The term metaphor is often used in a rather wider sense in social research generally to mean something which stands in place of a (usually more complex) concept in order to render the replaced concept intelligible.
In structuralist analysis the term metaphor is sometimes used in place of synchrony.
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