Demetaphorize

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To remove metaphors from. transitive

    "My aim is to demetaphorize the question and ask "What does it matter who is speaking?", where speaking is taken literally."

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"My aim is to demetaphorize the question and ask "What does it matter who is speaking?", where speaking is taken literally."

Etymology

From de- + metaphorize.

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