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Example of comparing a physical object metaphorically to an abstract

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Concrete terms refer to objects or events that are available to the senses. [This is directly opposite to abstract terms, which name things that are not available to the senses.]
Examples of concrete terms include spoon, table, velvet eye patch, nose ring, sinus mask, green, hot, walking.

Examples of abstract terms include love, success, freedom, good, moral, democracy, and any -ism (chauvinism, Communism, feminism, racism, sexism).

I would say that “This burn is almost as bad as racism.”
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