Noun
That which accords with the letter; a mode of interpreting literally; adherence to the letter.
The tendency or disposition to represent objects faithfully, without abstraction, conventionalities, or idealization.
Source: Webster's dictionarySo in my freshman year at the University of Alabama, learning the literature on evolution, what was known about it biologically, just gradually transformed me by taking me out of literalism and increasingly into a more secular, scientific view of the world. E. O. Wilson
Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality. Malcolm Boyd
If I have a goal, then it is to escape from this literalism. I'll never achieve it; in the same way that I'll never manage to describe what really dwells within my character, although I keep on trying. Krzysztof Kieślowski
The idea of literalism in the Bible is a very new phenomenon. In many ways, it's a product of the scientific revolution. Reza Aslan
Literalism and selective logic with zeal is their modus operandi. Source: Internet
Many Democrats and journalists “get tangled up in policy literalism and boxed out of being able to speak clearly about the political reality that is coming,” wrote TPM’s Josh Marshall. Source: Internet