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French
Etymology
From littéral + -isme.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /li.te.ʁa.lism/ ~ /li.te.ʁa.lizm/
Noun
littéralisme m (usually uncountable, plural littéralismes)
- (often derogatory) textualism (literal interpretation or understanding; strict adherence to a text, especially to the Bible)
- Near-synonyms: fondamentalisme, intégrisme
- (often derogatory) literalism (adherence to the exact letter, as in interpreting or translating)
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