Assertion: metaphor | /r/HasProperty | condensed simile
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text: A metaphor is a condensed simile, a shortcut to meaning, which omits "as" or "like.
text: It is said, for instance, that a metaphor is 'a condensed analogy' or 'analogical fusion' or that they 'operate in a similar fashion' or are 'based on the same mental process' or yet that '