English Explanatory Dictionary

the map is not the territory

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. Our models of the world, and our sensations of the world, are not the true world.

Word forms

the map is not the territory

Etymology

From general semantics; coined by Alfred Korzybski.

Related words

finger pointing at the moon
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