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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Literalism \Lit"er*al*ism\, 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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
literalism
n 1: the doctrine of realistic (literal) portrayal in art or
literature
2: a disposition to interpret statements in their literal sense
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