Literalists

lit·er·al·ism (l

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1. Adherence to the explicit sense of a given text or doctrine.

2. Literal portrayal; realism.

liter·al·ist n.

liter·al·istic adj.

literalism [ˈlɪtərəˌlɪzəm]

1. the disposition to take words and statements in their literal sense

2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) literal or realistic portrayal in art or literature

literalist n

literalistic adj

literalistically adv

literalism

1. fundamentalism.
2. Scripturalism. — literalist, n., adj.

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Noun	1.	literalism - the doctrine of realistic (literal) portrayal in art or literature doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought - a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
	2.	literalism - a disposition to interpret statements in their literal sense inclination, tendency, disposition - an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict"

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Unsurprisingly, he had to step around the biblical literalists who ran the Anglicandominated universities.

DARWIN'S SACRED CAUSE by Dubro, Alec / Colorlines Magazine

The span of real time and biblical verse laying between the unbelievable in the Old Testament--the stuff McLelland calls saga--and the beginnings of rational truth depends on who you are, and is the battleground of the literalists and those of more rigourous thought.

Before the word became flesh by Moorhouse, Michael; Gunnink, Grant / Presbyterian Record

Perversely, for the past 50 years, it is to the literalists, often called Salafi, that the West has looked to circumscribe 'threats to its interests' in the Middle East - emulating Cold War containment thinking.

Shaping consciousness through Islam by Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)

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