literalism
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- noun
- /ˈlɪtərəlɪzəm/
- Literature
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literalismo
- The artist's commitment to literalism is evident in the way she portrays everyday life without embellishment.
- biblical literalism
- constitutional literalism
- kinds of literalism
Examples
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In each respect, Bryan broke the pose of absolute biblical literalism, and that amounted to his publicly betraying fundamentalism.
Academic text (1991) -
The orthopedist stabilized my arm by trussing me for five weeks in a device called—with blunt literalism—a shoulder immobilizer.
Academic text (1998) -
There are also, of course, fascinating differences between the two kinds of literalism.
Academic text (2001) -
Constitutional literalism takes two distinct threads.
Academic text (2001) -
Arguments over literalism and interpretationism are nothing new and, in fact, reflect the enormous importance society places on these documents.
Academic text (2001) -
Finally, it's important that we understand that biblical literalism and constitutional literalism aren't two separate phenomena.
Academic text (2001) -
Cox-Richard's response is to maintain a kind of literalism about her regard for sculpture as a matter of addition and subtraction.
Academic text (2012) -
For such people, the cheap certainties of Biblical literalism are irresistible.
Blog text (2) -
In fact, the view that literalism was the only correct method of reading the Bible didn't achieve widespread acceptance until the sixteenth century.
Academic text (2001) -
In modern debates, whether legal or theological, literalism often clashes with interpretations that embrace symbolism.
Synonyms
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4.9
People understand words in their exact meaning without hidden or deeper ideas
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6.9
A way of taking words or actions exactly as they are without using imagination
A style of art that shows real people or scenes as they look in real life
To treat words as having only their exact, simple meaning
A way of understanding words exactly without looking for hidden meaning
Antonyms
How Literal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Literalism comes from the Latin root littera meaning 'letter' and from literal meaning 'by the letter'. So in art and writing, literalism is the choice to show things exactly as they are rather than use symbols or metaphors.