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- noun Plural form of
literalism .
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Examples
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And of course that is the most offensive of his loony libertarian literalisms.
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And of course that is the most offensive of his loony libertarian literalisms.
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The problem, as Karen describes it in Part 3, is that the catalog is based on the obsolete CARD catalog resulting in what she calls "literalisms." ...
How OPACs Suck 2006
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Instructors of evolution should avoid the battle of literalisms: scientific literalism vs. scriptural literalism.
Teaching Evolution and the Challenge of Intelligent - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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He would lift the soul out of the bondage of small literalisms into the large opportunity of the Spirit.
Brooks by the Traveller's Way 1864-1923 1902
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Beware of computational literalisms using quantum computers and if then statements.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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The idea that what binds us as a people is the simple, straightforward, literal application of the founding texts is, in both constitutional originalism and Protestant biblical literalisms, of the same or at least a very similar intellectual posture.
The Ochlophobist 2009
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Plus, I quite enjoy literalisms, inconsistencies and wtfs in fan translation - it gives me a sense of adventure and a sense of just how freaking HARD it is to do this.
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Herman Dune's unusual juxtaposition of conversational literalisms and whimsical flights of fancy culminate in an expression of human emotion, of some deep metaphysical truth.
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Christopher Hitchens, in his book review of Sidney Blumenthal’s The Clinton Wars (“Thinking Like an Apparatchik,” July/August 2003), shed light on yet another method by which presidents can mislead without lying: sinking the truth in a sea of literalisms and circumlocutions.
White House Whoppers 2007
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