remetaphorize

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verb

To change metaphors in a description.

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Meanings

verbremetaphorize (third-person singular simple present remetaphorizes, present participle remetaphorizing, simple past and past participle remetaphorized)

present singular third person remetaphorizes · participle present remetaphorizing · participle past remetaphorized · past remetaphorized

  1. To change metaphors in a description.

    We might rephrase and remetaphorize the idea again and say that Lazaro presents himself as a lens through which he makes us view his situation, and that the lens composes the image of the situation as he would like us to see it.

    2000, Keith Whitlock, The Renaissance in Europe: A Reader

Origin

From re- + metaphorize.

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APA

remetaphorize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remetaphorize

MLA

“remetaphorize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remetaphorize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “remetaphorize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remetaphorize.

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