literalist
2
7.5
- adjective
- /ˈlɪtərəlɪst/
:
literalista
- Statements like "writing is loss" may apply only to a certain kind of writing, such as literalist description or quantitative-analytical description, and have nothing to do with poetic writing or indeed any other kind of artistic writing.
- literalist approach
One that the West is reason oriented as opposed to emotion or literalist reading of scripture.
- One that the West is reason oriented as opposed to emotion or literalist reading of scripture.
Examples
-
His literalist interpretation of the text led him to reject all metaphorical meanings.
-
Both are conservative reactions to liberal advances in society; the ebb and flow of literalist movements is often akin to a cultural pendulum.
Academic text (2001) -
Thanks for probing this a little; otherwise, I end up again with the literalist label.
Blog text (32) -
Even when I used to be an evangelical Protestant, I just never bought the literalist argument.
Blog text (8) -
Linked to its original use in a Christian context, it evokes the idea of a literalist attitude to scripture.
Academic text (1995) -
Which was, come to think of it, from one of those literalist fundamentalist Protestants.
Blog text (8) -
A great majority of the people in Kamina have a fundamentalist approach to Christianity, with a literalist approach to the Bible.
Academic text (2015) -
I would personally amend that to read "most closely describes the literalist view of biblical creationism."
Blog text (3) -
Given these assumptions about the uniformity of class identity and experience, Johnson takes an extremely literalist and humorless approach to certain comic scenes involving Sancho's economic projects.
Academic text (2003) -
Teachers encourage students not to adopt a literalist view, as it can limit their understanding of literature.
Synonyms
Focusing on the exact words of a text rather than outside context
Antonyms
How Literal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Literalist comes from literal, which comes from a Latin root meaning 'letter', and the ending -ist meaning 'a person'. It describes someone or something that follows the 'letters' of a text, the exact words, instead of looking for hidden meaning.