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Hence implicit metaphor would not necessarily entail imaginative metaphor.
This objection offers an analysis in which a concealed comparison can occur without establishing imagination in the narrower sense of attributing a hypothetical associated feature. It therefore challenges the universal proposition that every implicit metaphor must have an imaginative counterpart.
A defender can broaden the definition of imaginative attribution to include the action or relation in question. The claim, definition employed, and alleged counterexample must accordingly be examined separately.