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literalized

literalized is the simple past and past participle of literalize.

Meaning of literalize

Verb

literalize (third-person singular simple present literalizes, present participle literalizing, simple past and past participle literalized)

  1. To make literal or prosaic
    • The popular "peephole" style of cover art, suggesting stolen glimpses into exotic interior territories at once psychological and geographical, literalized the voyeuristic appeal of early postwar paperback art.2001, Susan Stryker, Queer Pulp, page 7

Questions about literalized

What is literalized the simple past and past participle of?
Literalized is the simple past and past participle of literalize.

Words near literalized in the dictionary

  1. literalities
  2. literality
  3. literalization
  4. literalizations
  5. literalize
  6. literalized
  7. literalizer
  8. literalizers
  9. literalizes
  10. literalizing
  11. literall

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