Meaning

3 senses
  1. A person who adheres to the literal representation of a statement or law.

  2. A person who translates a text literally.

  3. One who works in the style of literalism.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. I'm not a Biblical literalist.

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Forms

plural: literalists
Singularliteralist
Pluralliteralists

regular

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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