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literalize
verb
(lit-er-al-ize)
make literal
Synonyms:
literalise
,
Antonyms:
spiritualize
,
Examples:
Literalize metaphors.
Words Related to
literalize
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reify
,
dead metaphor
,
kyriology
,
tralation
,
allegorise
,
allegorize
,
figure of speech
,
transfigure
,
limn
,
transfigurate
,
elide
,
heracleonite
,
concretize
,
explicate
,
anagogics
,
sentimentalize
,
pathetic fallacy
,
prefigure
,
metamorphize
,
tralatition
,
brachyology
,
propositional calculus
,
reinterpret
,
rhetorical device
,
romanticize
,
dramatize
,
hypostatize
,
analogize
,
mythologize
,
transcend
,
interpret
,
depersonalize
,
impersonalize
,
vivify
,
universalize
,
anthropomorphize
,
relativize
,
conflate
,
representational process
,
connote
,
trivialize
,
holonymy
,
oversimplify
,
hysteron proteron
,
spiritualize
,
inhere
,
idealize
,
similize
,
subsume
,
imbue
,
expressive style
,
embody
,
demythologize
,
immaterialize
,
superficialize
,
platitudinize
,
interiorize
,
misinterpret
,
redefine
,
evoke
,
epanadiplosis
,
pluriliteral
,
eroticize
,
postillator
,
personify
,
transmogrify
,
suffuse
,
nominalize
,
cacozelia
,
transmute
,
juxtapose
,
misconstrue
,
inflesh
,
abolitionize
,
transmew
,
semiquote
,
objectivize
,
paraphrase
,
deconstruct
,
jargonize
,
tautologize
,
conjure
,
epiploce
,
historicize
,
recapitulate
,
complexify
,
apocopate
,
objectify
,
disambiguate
,
socinianize
,
idealise
,
fetishize
,
set phrase
,
redescribe
,
semantic relation
,
desynonymize
,
isagogics
,
fictionalize
,
hebraize
,
propositional logic
,
literalize
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