littéralisme

French

Etymology

From littéral +‎ -isme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.te.ʁa.lism/ ~ /li.te.ʁa.lizm/

• Audio:

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Noun

littéralisme m (usually uncountable, plural littéralismes)

1. (often derogatory) textualism (literal interpretation or understanding; strict adherence to a text, especially to the Bible)

   Near-synonyms: fondamentalisme, intégrisme

2. (often derogatory) literalism (adherence to the exact letter, as in interpreting or translating)

Related terms

• littéraliste

Further reading

• “littéralisme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.