Metaphor:ELECTION IS A BOXING MATCH

Name Gloss	ELECTION IS A BOXING MATCH
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Metaphor Level
Metaphor Type	Composed/complex
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Physical competition Roles:event, x-schema, prize, purpose, start, end, competitor1, competitor2, outcome, winner, loser
Target Frame	Election Roles:voter, candidate1, candidate2, office, outcome, voting_event, institution, ballot, ballot_counting

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Current Metaphor	ELECTION IS A BOXING MATCH
Relation Type	is a source subcase of
Related Metaphor	ELECTIONS ARE COMPETITIVE SPORTS EVENTS
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Example Text:	the candidates came out punching
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Example Text:	Beasley won the first round of Democratic primary for lieutenant governor in 1970, but failed to win a majority.
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Provenance:	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jere_Beasley
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digraph meta4tggrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="Election" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Election" fontsize="10.0" penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ]; n2 [label="Government" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Government" fontsize="10.0" ];

n1 -> n2 [label = "is related to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; n3 [label="Voting" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Voting" fontsize="10.0" ];

n1 -> n3 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n4 [label="Political competition" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Political_competition" fontsize="10.0" ];

n1 -> n4 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n5 [label="Debating" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Debating" fontsize="10.0" ];

n1 -> n5 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }

digraph meta4graph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="LOSING AN ELECTION IS LOSING A BOXING MATCH" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:LOSING_AN_ELECTION_IS_LOSING_A_BOXING_MATCH" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"]; n2 [label="ELECTION IS A BOXING MATCH" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:ELECTION_IS_A_BOXING_MATCH" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

n1 -> n2 [label = "is an entailment of" fontsize="8.0" color="orange" ]; n3 [label="WINNING AN ELECTION IS WINNING A BOXING MATCH" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:WINNING_AN_ELECTION_IS_WINNING_A_BOXING_MATCH" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n3 -> n2 [label = "is an entailment of" fontsize="8.0" color="orange" ]; n4 [label="ELECTIONS ARE COMPETITIVE SPORTS EVENTS" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:ELECTIONS_ARE_COMPETITIVE_SPORTS_EVENTS" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n2 -> n4 [label = "is a source subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }

digraph meta4srcgrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="War" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:War" fontsize="10.0" ]; n2 [label="Physical competition" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Physical_competition" fontsize="10.0" penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

n1 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n3 [label="Competition" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Competition" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n3 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }