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hyperliteralism

noun

Etymology

From hyper- + literal + -ism.

  1. derived from littera
  2. derived from litteralis
  3. derived from literal
  4. inherited from literal
  5. formed as hyperliteralism — “hyper- + literal + -ism”

Definitions

  1. The phenomenon of misinterpreting metaphors and figurative rhetoric as being literal.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hyperliteralism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA