Metaphor:GOVERNMENT IS A DISEASE

Name Gloss	GOVERNMENT IS A DISEASE
Name Transcription
Aliases
Description
Metaphor Level	Specific
Metaphor Type	Composed/complex
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Health treatment Roles:
Target Frame	Government institution Roles:goverment_whole, responsibilities, functions, positions, position_duties, position_holders, authority_structure, sub-groups, position_relations, functional_status, rules, authority_base

Mappings:

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	GOVERNMENT IS A DISEASE
Relation Type	is both a source and target subcase of
Related Metaphor	ADDRESSING SOCIAL PROBLEMS IS TREATING AN ILLNESS
Description

Current Metaphor	GOVERNMENT IS A DISEASE
Relation Type	is a target subcase of
Related Metaphor	SOCIAL PROBLEMS ARE DISEASES
Description

Entailments:

Examples:

Example Text:	Once the stage has been set, radical surgery will be required to actually remove the malignant tumor that Cancerous Government has become.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	www.downsizedc.org/blog/treating-the-spending-tumor
Annotation:
Comments:

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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

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n1 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n3 [label="Democratic institution" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Democratic_institution" fontsize="10.0" ];

n3 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n4 [label="Government" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Government" fontsize="10.0" ];

n4 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n5 [label="Government institution US" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Government_institution_US" fontsize="10.0" ];

n5 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n6 [label="Legislative branch" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Legislative_branch" fontsize="10.0" ];

n6 -> n2 [label = "is related to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; n7 [label="Political region" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Political_region" fontsize="10.0" ];

n7 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n8 [label="Institution" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Institution" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n8 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ];

n2 -> n4 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }

digraph meta4graph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="REGULATION IS A DISEASE" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:REGULATION_IS_A_DISEASE" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"]; n2 [label="GOVERNMENT IS A DISEASE" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:GOVERNMENT_IS_A_DISEASE" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

n1 -> n2 [label = "is a mapping within" fontsize="8.0" color="brown" ]; n3 [label="ADDRESSING SOCIAL PROBLEMS IS TREATING AN ILLNESS" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:ADDRESSING_SOCIAL_PROBLEMS_IS_TREATING_AN_ILLNESS" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n2 -> n3 [label = "is both a source and target subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n4 [label="SOCIAL PROBLEMS ARE DISEASES" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:SOCIAL_PROBLEMS_ARE_DISEASES" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

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

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n1 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }