"literalist" meaning in All languages combined

See literalist on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: literalists [plural]
Etymology: From literal + -ist. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|literal|ist}} literal + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} literalist (plural literalists)
  1. A person who adheres to the literal representation of a statement or law.
    Sense id: en-literalist-en-noun-pzkBG5vg
  2. A person who translates a text literally.
    Sense id: en-literalist-en-noun-bBILiK0X
  3. (art) One who works in the style of literalism.
    Sense id: en-literalist-en-noun-n8BMOMT~ Categories (other): Art, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ist, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, People Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 12 60 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 22 15 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 9 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 4 74 Disambiguation of People: 27 30 43 Topics: art, arts
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bible literalist Related terms: legalistic, letter of the law

Inflected forms

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