Metaphorex

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

Corpus

1384 entries · 274 frames · 26 categories · 32 works

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• All entries — metaphors, patterns, mental models, archetypes
• All frames — source and target domains
• All categories — cross-cutting taxonomy
• All works — source texts and collections
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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

• Don't Cast Pearls Before Swine — metaphor
• Fight Fire Aggressively, Having Provided for Safety First — mental-model
• Know What Your Fire Is Doing — mental-model
• The Offensive Must Be Sustained — mental-model
• You Can Lead a Horse to Water — metaphor
• Antifragility — mental-model
• Boiling Frog — metaphor
• Feedback Loop — metaphor
• Framing Effect — mental-model
• Hubris — archetype