demetaphorize

English

Etymology

de- +‎ metaphorize

Verb

demetaphorize (third-person singular simple present demetaphorizes, present participle demetaphorizing, simple past and past participle demetaphorized)

1. (transitive) To remove metaphors from.
   • 2010, Graham Bradshaw, Tom Bishop, David Schalkwyk, The Achievement of Robert Weimann‎^[1]:

     My aim is to demetaphorize the question and ask "What does it matter who is speaking?", where speaking is taken literally.