Literalism may refer to: *

Biblical literalism Biblical literalism or biblicism is a term used differently by different authors concerning biblical interpretation. It can equate to the dictionary definition of literalism: "adherence to the exact letter or the literal sense", where literal me ...

, a term used differently by different authors concerning biblical interpretation *Qur'anic literalism, see

Bi-la kaifa The Arabic phrase ''Bila Kayf'', also pronounced as ''Bila Kayfa'', () is roughly translated as "without asking how", "without knowing how", or "without modality" and refers to the belief that the verses of the Qur'an with an "unapparent meanin ...

*The principle of aiming at a

literal translation Literal translation, direct translation, or word-for-word translation is the translation of a text done by translating each word separately without analysing how the words are used together in a phrase or sentence. In translation theory, anoth ...

Literalism (art) In visual arts, Minimal music, music, and other media, minimalism is an art movement that began in the post-war era in western art. The movement is often interpreted as a reaction to abstract expressionism and modernism; it anticipated contempo ...

, a style of visual art and literature that shows subject in straightforward manner, without hinting at hidden meaning, usually associated with minimalism ** Literalism (music), a method of composing music *

Strict constructionism In the United States, strict constructionism is a particular Philosophy of law, legal philosophy of judicial interpretation that limits or restricts the powers of the federal government only to those ''expressly'', i.e., explicitly and clearly, ...

(constitutional literalism)

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