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Definition of Literalist

Literalist
Literalist Lit"er*al*ist, n. One who adheres to the letter or exact word; an interpreter according to the letter.

Meaning of Literalist from wikipedia

- Look up literalĀ or literally in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Literal may refer to: Interpretation of legal concepts: Strict constructionism The plain...
- Biblical literalist chronology is the attempt to correlate the historical dates used in the Bible with the chronology of actual events, typically starting...
- Fundamentalists and evangelicals sometimes refer to themselves as literalists or biblical literalists. Sociologists also use the term in reference to conservative...
- 14 April 2008, in a UK Channel 4 do****entary, Tudor Par****, taking a literalist approach to the Biblical story, described his research into this claim...
- school of jurisprudence (fiqh) found in pre-modern texts and noted for its literalist interpretation of the Qur'an and hadith. However, in 2021, Saudi Arabia...
- tawhid (oneness of God)" rejection of partisanship towards madh'habs literalist adherence to religious scriptures loyalty to Islamic rulers who ruled...
- the Ark Encounter in Williamstown. Since the end of the 20th century, literalist creationism has been abandoned by some evangelicals in favor of intelligent...
- besides the Malikites prohibiting it are the literalists or Zahirites. Ibn Hazm was the most influential literalist scholar and led to the conclusion that the...
- translations, and interpretations range from traditional scholastic, to literalist-salafist understandings to Esoteric-Sufist, to modern and secular exegesis...
- 19th century biblical literalist writers...