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Definition of "literalize" [lit•er•al•ize]

  • To make literal. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "literalize" in a sentence
  • "You are free to literalize it if you like, but unless you arise in consciousness, both you and Christ will remain dead."
  • "Maybe you want to literalize the term “cock block,” or maybe you want to l"
  • "In science fiction, “science”—i.e., sentences displaying verbal emblems of scientific discourses—is used to literalize the meanings of other sentences for use in the construction of the fictional foreground."