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literalism
[lit-er-uh-liz-uhm]
noun
adherence to the exact letter or the literal sense, as in translation or interpretation.
to interpret the law with uncompromising literalism.
a peculiarity of expression resulting from this.
The work is studded with these obtuse literalisms.
exact representation or portrayal, without idealization, as in art or literature.
a literalism more appropriate to journalism than to the novel.
literalism
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noun
the disposition to take words and statements in their literal sense
literal or realistic portrayal in art or literature
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- literalistic adjective
- literalistically adverb
- literalist noun
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of literalism1
Example Sentences
This isnāt the kind of puzzle thriller in which all the elements click into place with a thudding literalism that compliments an attentive eye.
Together, the films also prove that literalism isnāt always required in stories that impart messy truths about humanity.
The oxymoronic āintelligent designā movement, a repackaging of creationism, attempted to position biblical literalism as equivalent to the copiously evidenced theory of evolution, insisting schools āteach the controversy.ā
Yet he passionately argued against biblical literalism and other views such as intelligent design, which professes that the natural world is too complex to have developed without the guiding hand of a supreme being.
Meanwhile, Wildeās direction manages to be simultaneously overheated and pedestrian, resorting to blunt-force literalism in moments that call for Hitchcockian finesse.
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