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antiliteral

antiliteral adjective: opposing a literal interpretation of something.

Adjective

antiliteral (comparative more antiliteral, superlative most antiliteral)

  1. Opposing a literal interpretation of something.

Forms of antiliteral

comparativemore antiliteral
superlativemost antiliteral

Origin of antiliteral

From anti- + literal.

Questions about antiliteral

What does antiliteral mean?
Antiliteral means opposing a literal interpretation of something.
What part of speech is antiliteral?
Antiliteral is an adjective.

Words near antiliteral in the dictionary

  1. antilipotropic
  2. antilipoxygenase
  3. antiliquor
  4. antilisterial
  5. antiliteracy
  6. antiliteral
  7. antiliteralism
  8. antiliterary
  9. antiliterate
  10. antiliterature
  11. antilithiatic

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