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literalness
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But that literalness did nothing to diminish the power of the metaphor.
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“Literality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/literality. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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