Module:category tree/poscatboiler/data/figures of speech

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This data submodule defines part of Wiktionary's category structure.

For an introduction to the poscatboiler system and a description of how to add or modify categories, see Module:category tree/poscatboiler/data/documentation.


local labels = {}
local raw_categories = {}



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labels = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms whose interpretation is not strictly literal, but are used in figurative ways or for special effect.",
	umbrella_parents = "Fundamental",
	parents = {{name = "{{{langcat}}}", raw = true}},
}

labels = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} shortened euphemisms for profane, blasphemous, or taboo terms.",
	parents = {"euphemisms"},
}

labels = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} phrases that convey basic concepts in a manner short and easily memorable. Typically conveying a concise statement of a scientific principle or truth.",
	parents = {"figures of speech"},
}

labels = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} phrases that are popularized through repeated use.",
	parents = {"figures of speech"},
}

labels = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} ]s (offensive, vulgar or otherwise negative terms used in place of a neutral alternative).",
	parents = {"figures of speech"},
}

labels = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms that indirectly refer to something unpleasant or controversial.",
	parents = {"figures of speech"},
}

labels = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} phrases originating in Classical Chinese, typically four characters in length.",
	parents = {"idioms"},
}

labels = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms used as exaggerations for emphasis, rather than being taken literally.",
	parents = {"figures of speech"},
}

labels = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} phrases understood by subjective, as opposed to literal meanings.",
	parents = {"figures of speech", "multiword terms"},
}

labels = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} litotical expressions or terms commonly used in ] (stating something by denying its opposite).",
	parents = {"figures of speech"},
}

labels = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} meiotic expressions or terms commonly used in ] (downplaying the focal point of a statement for effect).",
	parents = {"figures of speech"},
}

labels = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} phrases that invoke a similarity with something else.",
	parents = {"figures of speech"},
}

labels = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} euphemisms for profane, blasphemous, or taboo terms.",
	parents = {"euphemisms"},
}

labels = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} phrases popularly known as representations of common sense.",
	parents = {"figures of speech", "phrases"},
}

labels = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms that are used sarcastically.",
	parents = {"figures of speech"},
}

labels = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} figures of speech in which one thing is compared to another.",
	parents = {"figures of speech"},
}
labels = {
	description = "{{{langname}}}  An established expression whose wording is subject to little or no variation.",
	parents = {"figures of speech"},
}
labels = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} clichés using old idioms with varying words in new contexts.",
	parents = {"idioms"},
}
labels = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} figures of speech in which a term for a part of something is used to refer to the whole ], or vice versa ].",
	parents = {"figures of speech"},
}

-- Add 'umbrella_parents' key if not already present.
for key, data in pairs(labels) do
	if not data.umbrella_parents then
		data.umbrella_parents = "Figures of speech subcategories by language"
	end
end



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raw_categories = {
	description = "Umbrella categories covering topics related to figures of speech.",
	additional = "{{{umbrella_meta_msg}}}",
	parents = {
		"Umbrella metacategories",
		{name = "figures of speech", is_label = true, sort = " "},
	},
}


return {LABELS = labels, RAW_CATEGORIES = raw_categories}