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Literalist — Lit er*al*ist, n. One who adheres to the letter or exact word; an interpreter according to the letter. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
literalist — 1640s, from LITERAL (Cf. literal) + IST (Cf. ist). Related: Literalistic … Etymology dictionary
literalist — lə̇st noun ( s) : one that advocates or practices literalism the literalist wants to hear cowbells in his music H.A.Overstreet specifically : fundamentalist I 1 others of the early church fathers … were not literalists in regard to the Mosaic… … Useful english dictionary
literalist — noun see literalism … New Collegiate Dictionary
literalist — See literalism. * * * … Universalium
literalist — n. person who adheres to the exact words; person who adheres to the literal meaning … English contemporary dictionary
literalist — lit·er·al·ist … English syllables
bible literalist — noun Someone who interprets words in the Bible in an hermeneutical and literal approach. See Also: bible literalism … Wiktionary
literalism — literalist, n. literalistic, adj. literalistically, adv. /lit euhr euh liz euhm/, n. 1. adherence to the exact letter or the literal sense, as in translation or interpretation: to interpret the law with uncompromising literalism. 2. a peculiarity … Universalium
Creationism — can also refer to creation myths, or to a concept about the origin of the soul. For the movement in Spanish literature, see Creacionismo. Part of a series on Creationism … Wikipedia
