How do you use Figuration in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like representation or decoration, plus the exact meaning.
Figuration meaning
- The act of giving figure or determinate form.
- Form, outline or boundaries.
- Ornamentation or decoration, especially by the addition of figures.
Synonyms of Figuration
Using Figuration
- The main meaning on this page is: The act of giving figure or determinate form. | Form, outline or boundaries. | Ornamentation or decoration, especially by the addition of figures.
- Useful related words include: representation, decoration.
- In the example corpus, figuration often appears in combinations such as: and figuration, figuration and.
Context around Figuration
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Figuration
- In this selection, "figuration" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, versus, making, characteristic and myth stand out and add context to how "figuration" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include also a figuration of the and appreciation for figuration and arabesque. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "figuration" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with figuration
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Mode of expression and figuration is within the ambit of this atelier’s tradition. (14 words)
These painting were characterized by large formats, free expressive mark making, figuration, myth and imagination. (15 words)
It is so much more easier to convey through figuration, whereas to evoke a feeling without any form is more difficult. (21 words)
As part of the New York-based avant-garde group of artists, she returned to realism and figuration in reaction to Abstract Expressionism which dominated headlines during her early career,” Farnsworth Director Christopher Brownawell said in a statement. (38 words)
Ian Ousby ed., The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English (Cambridge 1995) p. 767 Within this Lacanian emphasis, 'Freud's theories become a place from which to raise questions of interpretation, rhetoric, style, and figuration'. (35 words)
School song, school hymn, school cry "Home of Our Youth", written by Rupert Baldwin in 1938 is the school song; it is also a figuration of the College, a symbol of brotherhood of the students. (35 words)
Example sentences (10)
As part of the New York-based avant-garde group of artists, she returned to realism and figuration in reaction to Abstract Expressionism which dominated headlines during her early career,” Farnsworth Director Christopher Brownawell said in a statement.
It’s a thoughtful, generous response, almost like a nest of moss sporing up around a rocky structure to create a new entity which feels like a figuration characteristic of Stratman’s film art.
The days of its members bitterly dividing into aesthetic camps over abstract expressionism versus figuration are long gone, although an intensity of purpose still prevails.
Today, in our era of figuration and socially conscious painting, Stella’s 60-year devotion to abstract art might sound academic or even antediluvian.
Mode of expression and figuration is within the ambit of this atelier’s tradition.
It is so much more easier to convey through figuration, whereas to evoke a feeling without any form is more difficult.
He acquired a taste for parallel motion in fifths, fourths and octaves from medieval music, and an appreciation for figuration and arabesque from the Baroque masters.
Ian Ousby ed., The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English (Cambridge 1995) p. 767 Within this Lacanian emphasis, 'Freud's theories become a place from which to raise questions of interpretation, rhetoric, style, and figuration'.
School song, school hymn, school cry "Home of Our Youth", written by Rupert Baldwin in 1938 is the school song; it is also a figuration of the College, a symbol of brotherhood of the students.
These painting were characterized by large formats, free expressive mark making, figuration, myth and imagination.
Common combinations with figuration
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: