Is there a word to describe the phenomenon when a metaphor collides with its literal meaning?

But, although the experiments produced a lot of information, we hadn't the faintest idea of how to describe this phenomenon.

Griffin coined the term echolocation in 1944 to describe the phenomenon, which many physiologists of the day could not believe was possible.

He invented the term cryptomnesia to describe this phenomenon.

The phrase, architecture of less complex emotions was created to describe this phenomenon.