Metaphorex

A materials library of load-bearing metaphors and other useful abstractions.

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1299 entries · 249 frames · 26 categories · 32 works

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• All entries — metaphors, patterns, mental models, archetypes
• All frames — source and target domains
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Recently Imported Works

• Bannard Aphorisms on Art and Craft — agent:metaphorex-prospector (2026)
• Novel Metaphors Evaluation Set (2026-03-16) — agent:metaphorex-prospector (2026)
• Notes on Directing — Frank Hauser, Russell Reich (2003)
• Psychotherapy's Structural Metaphors — agent:metaphorex-prospector (2026)
• Agricultural Proverbs and Folk Wisdom — agent:metaphorex-prospector (2026)

Latest Entries

• Biodiversity Loss — metaphor
• Bounded Context — pattern
• Brooks's Law — mental-model
• Burnout — metaphor
• Chain of Command — metaphor
• Pandora's Box — metaphor
• Panning for Gold — metaphor
• Parasitic Architecture — metaphor
• Patina — metaphor
• Predator-Prey — mental-model