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literalizing

literalizing is the present participle and gerund 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 literalizing

What is literalizing the present participle and gerund of?
Literalizing is the present participle and gerund of literalize.

Words near literalizing in the dictionary

  1. literalize
  2. literalized
  3. literalizer
  4. literalizers
  5. literalizes
  6. literalizing
  7. literall
  8. literally
  9. literally who
  10. literalness
  11. literalnesses

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