As Metaphor
- Merriam Webster definitions
- a charismatic person who attracts followers
- one that offers strong but delusive enticement
- a leader who makes irresponsible promises
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Famous quotes containing the word metaphor:
“A black boxers career is the perfect metaphor for the career of a black male. Every day is like being in the gym, sparring with impersonal opponents as one faces the rudeness and hostility that a black male must confront in the United States, where he is the object of both fear and fascination.”
—Ishmael Reed (b. 1938)
“A theology whose god is a metaphor is wasting its time.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
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