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Meanings of literalist in English

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Usage of literalist in English
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Oh, it's 'entertaining' in the largest, literalist, dreariest sense of the word.
Wives and Daughters
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And this consideration seems conclusive as against the adequacy of the literalist method.
The Unseen World, and Other Essays
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Yet it would be wholly an error to suppose him a mere literalist.
French Art: Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture
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He spoke with a broad Scotch accent and was in every sense a literalist.
My Memories of Eighty Years
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Again, he was not speaking metaphorically: Edwards was a true Western literalist in religious matters.
A history of god: the 4000-year quest of judaism, christianity, ...
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The historical literalist, like the scriptural literalist, makes the letter kill the spirit of the truth.
America First: Patriotic Readings
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The result is a hell on earth which only an old testament literalist could consider utopia.
The Irish Times
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I thought you were rather a literalist.
Daisy in the Field
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The information always has a literalist slant, of course, but on the whole, the classes are fairly straightforward.
The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest ...
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The discovery of evolution, for example, is inconvenient to those committed to a literalist biblical account of creation.
The Guardian
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I can show you the original email, which doesn't mention this. Again, this is the literalist nitpicker speaking.
The Guardian
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But as a literalist, Dr. Thompson considers it paramount that Moses himself, and only Moses, penned the five books.
The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest ...
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Holly-alwaysthe literalist-says ," Idon'thave any," but she does put a bracing hand on the dashboard.
End of Watch
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Never missed a prayer, built a huge mosque in his village and always preferred the stricter, literalist version of religion.
The Guardian
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She is no literalist.
Representative Men: Seven Lectures
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Don't be a literalist.
Cibola Burn
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