literalism
noun
adherence to the exact letter or the literal sense, as in translation or interpretation.
literalist
-
a word derived from
literalism.
Example Sentences
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The duel between the agnostic Darrow and the biblical literalist William Jennings Bryan inspired the play “Inherit the Wind.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2024
“The Jesus Film,” produced for evangelistic purposes, takes its text entirely from the biblical account, attempting to render a literalist version of a savior.
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
Much of the money comes from folks who are not remotely fundamentalist or biblical literalist.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2023
The only downside is that Del Rey herself sometimes takes on the character of that thick literalist, when she starts typing in her off time.
From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2021
He is sometimes a literalist and sometimes a slave to logic, more concerned with combating the crude or untenable form of a proposition than inquiring with sympathetic insight into the worth of its substance.
From Preaching and Paganism by Albert Parker Fitch
