Thesaurus / correlative
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By contrast, Eliot wrote, Lady Macbeth is a good example of using the objective correlative — that “damn spot” she can’t get out instantly gives us a sense of her deep, unresolvable guilt.
SUCCESSION TURNS A BOX OF DOUGHNUTS INTO A STEALTHY STATEMENT ABOUT ABUSEEMILY VANDERWERFFOCTOBER 25, 2021VOXIf you want to see a great example of the objective correlative hard at work, just check out “Mass in Time of War,” the second episode of Succession’s third season, which features a box of doughnuts, soaked in dread.
SUCCESSION TURNS A BOX OF DOUGHNUTS INTO A STEALTHY STATEMENT ABOUT ABUSEEMILY VANDERWERFFOCTOBER 25, 2021VOXBroadly speaking, the objective correlative is when an artist uses a symbol or image or object — or a string of them all together — to create a strong sense of feeling and emotion.
SUCCESSION TURNS A BOX OF DOUGHNUTS INTO A STEALTHY STATEMENT ABOUT ABUSEEMILY VANDERWERFFOCTOBER 25, 2021VOXI think the idea of the objective correlative relies a little too heavily on every single audience member reading every single symbol in the same way, when we all bring our own emotions and thoughts to whatever piece of art we’re taking in.
SUCCESSION TURNS A BOX OF DOUGHNUTS INTO A STEALTHY STATEMENT ABOUT ABUSEEMILY VANDERWERFFOCTOBER 25, 2021VOXThat correlative trend between Siakam’s driving success and Toronto’s overall success has continued.
THE TORONTO RAPTORS CAN’T SEEM TO FINISH THEIR DRIVESLOUIS ZATZMANJANUARY 27, 2021FIVETHIRTYEIGHTThe fear of losing her increased his passion for her, and made him hate his rival with correlative fervor.
OVERLANDJOHN WILLIAM DE FORESTWe might answer that the actualization of him who acts is simply present in such a thing (without correlative reaction).
PLOTINOS: COMPLETE WORKS, V. 3PLOTINOS (PLOTINUS)It is correlative with black, which is the opposite extreme of neutrality.
FIELD'S CHROMATOGRAPHYGEORGE FIELDWhere she might have rejoiced in the correlative claims bestowed upon her, she nourished only complaint.
THERE AND BACKGEORGE MACDONALDPotentiality and actuality are correlative terms corresponding to matter and form.
A HISTORY OF MEDIAEVAL JEWISH PHILOSOPHYISAAC HUSIKWORDS RELATED TO CORRELATIVE
- analogues
- carbon copies
- complements
- copies
- correlates
- correlatives
- correspondents
- dead ringers
- dittoes
- doppelgangers
- duplicates
- equals
- equivalents
- fellows
- likes
- look alikes
- mates
- obverses
- opposite numbers
- opposites
- peas in a pods
- pendants
- ringers
- spit and images
- spitting images
- supplements
- tallies
- twins
- two of a kinds
- agnate
- akin
- allied
- analogous
- coincident
- coincidental
- coinciding
- collateral
- companion
- comparable
- complementary
- congruent
- congruous
- consonant
- consubstantial
- correlative
- corresponding
- homogeneous
- identical
- in agreement
- kin
- kindred
- like
- matching
- much the same
- parallel
- reciprocal
- related
- resembling
- same
- twin
- uniform
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