demetaphorize en · VERB
Etymology
From de- + metaphorize.
Meanings
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(transitive) To remove metaphors from.
My aim is to demetaphorize the question and ask "What does it matter who is speaking?", where speaking is taken literally.
2010, Graham Bradshaw, Tom Bishop, David Schalkwyk, The Achievement of Robert Weimann:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| demetaphorizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| demetaphorizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| demetaphorized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| demetaphorized | Tense=Past | lexicographic |