literalisation
literalisation is the alternative form of literalization.
Meaning of literalization
Noun
literalization (countable and uncountable, plural literalizations)
- The act or process of literalizing.
- One suspects, however, that it was accidental here, or unconscious, just as it’s likely that Hinton’s echo of the testimonial frame Salinger used in “The Catcher in the Rye” (“If you really want to hear about it”) wasn’t consciously intended, nor was Hinton’s literalization of Holden’s “If a body...2007 September 23, Dale Peck, “‘The Outsiders’: 40 Years Later”, in New York Times
Forms of literalisation
| plural | literalisations |
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Questions about literalisation
- What is literalisation the alternative form of?
- Literalisation is the alternative form of literalization.
Words near literalisation in the dictionary
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