literalist
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- noun
- /ˈlɪtərəlɪst/
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literalista
- The teacher explained the story to the students from a literalist perspective, emphasizing the exact words used in the text.
- biblical literalist
- constitutional literalists
- Christian literalist
The irony here is, who is it that fundamentalists and other literalists say is at fault?
- The irony here is, who is it that fundamentalists and other literalists say is at fault?
- Everybody who reads the Bible reads, is a selective literalist.
Examples
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"Face it, not many of our books would be included on a literalist's list of acceptable reading matter.
Fiction book (1990) -
I am a literalist at heart and this makes me mad.
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But when it comes to books, I'm as much a zealot as any literalist.
Fiction book (1990) -
The result, literalists would argue, is society's moral decay.
Academic text (2001) -
Jerry Falwell, a prominent biblical literalist, argues that "the Bible is the inerrant word of the living God."
Academic text (2001) -
Similar conflicts between literalists were found in historical debates over slavery, temperance movements, and pacifism.
Academic text (2001) -
As a strict literalist, she interpreted every word of the legal contract without considering any ambiguous meanings.
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His approach as a literalist led him to challenge interpretations of scripture that included metaphorical meanings.
Synonyms
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A person who wants rules and standards followed exactly
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A person who interprets laws using only their exact words
Antonyms
How Literal
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Etymology
Literalist comes from literal, which comes from a Latin root meaning 'letter', and the ending -ist meaning 'a person'. A literalist is a person who follows the exact words of a text and does not look for any hidden meaning.