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noun
Literalism  n.  
1.
That which accords with the letter; a mode of interpreting literally; adherence to the letter.
2.
(Fine Arts) The tendency or disposition to represent objects faithfully, without abstraction, conventionalities, or idealization.





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"Literalism" Quotes from Famous Books



... mad is dull, for the simple reason that a man does not know that it is going on. Routine and literalism and a certain dry-throated earnestness and mental thirst, these are the very atmosphere of morbidity. If once the man could become conscious of his madness, he would cease to be man. He studies certain texts in Daniel or cryptograms ...
— A Miscellany of Men • G. K. Chesterton
... a literalism, for example, to the point at which for centuries the Church has sought to apply it—the indissolubility of marriage. It is admitted that since a phrase, of however doubtful authority, does make an exception in favour of divorce for adultery, the Church can recognize a law in this sense. But if ...
— Sex And Common-Sense • A. Maude Royden


Words linked to "Literalism" :   doctrine, disposition, philosophical system, inclination, school of thought, tendency, philosophy


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