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Table of Spatial Contrasts
BODILY CONTRASTS become metaphors for
ABSTRACT CONTRASTS
| central / peripheral | important / unimportant |
| center / side | typical / less typical |
| near / distant | intimate / estranged |
| near, close / far apart | similar / dissimilar |
| supported from below /
hanging from above | independent /
dependent |
up / down
high / low | feeling good / feeling bad |
| facing toward / facing away | courageous / fearful |
| clear / cloudy, opaque, not transparent | easy to understand / difficult to understand |
| open / closed | possible / impossible |
| fitting / not fitting | suitable / not suitable |
up / down
high / low | more / less (quantity and quality) |
highest / lowest
top / bottom | best / worst (status, rank, social class) |
| rising / sinking | increasing / decreasing |
| rising / falling | achieving / failing |
| over- / under- | too much / too little |
| above / below | strong / weak |
| thumbs up / thumbs down | approve / disapprove |
| upright / fallen | righteous / degraded |
| balanced / unbalanced | sane / insane |
| balanced / unbalanced | fair, equal, just / unfair, unequal, unjust |
| stable / upset | functioning well / emotionally vulnerable |
| in front, ahead / in back, behind | future / past |
| foreground / background | important and active / unimportant, dormant |
| front / back | conscious / unconscious |
| forward / backward | bold / bashful |
outer / inner
outwardly / inwardly | apparently / essentially, truly, actually |
| outward / inward | extravert / introvert |
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