"literalize" meaning in English

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        "3": "ize"
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      "expansion": "literal + -ize",
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  "etymology_text": "literal + -ize",
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      "form": "literalizes",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "literalizing",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "literalized",
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        "participle",
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    },
    {
      "form": "literalized",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "word": "literalization"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2001, Susan Stryker, Queer Pulp, page 7",
          "text": "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.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 January 15, Ben Ratliff, “Club Jazz That Travels a Line Between Old Fashions and New Tastes”, in New York Times",
          "text": "The band seemed at the start to literalize a mysterious piece of writing; its structure was clear when this band played it.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "To make literal or prosaic"
      ],
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        [
          "literal",
          "literal"
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          "prosaic",
          "prosaic"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "literalise"
        }
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  "word": "literalize"
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      "word": "literalization"
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "literal + -ize",
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    {
      "form": "literalizes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "literalizing",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "literalized",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
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          "ref": "2001, Susan Stryker, Queer Pulp, page 7",
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        },
        {
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          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "To make literal or prosaic"
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  "word": "literalize"
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