literalistn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈlɪt(ə)rəlɪst/,

/ˈlɪt(ə)rl̩ɪst/, U.S.

/ˈlɪdərələst/,

/ˈlɪtrələst/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: literal adj., -ist suffix.

Etymology: < literal adj. + -ist suffix.

A. n.

1. A person who translates a passage or work literally. Also: one who insists on or adheres to literal interpretation of a text, statement, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > lack of imagination > [noun] > person exhibiting

literalist1632

realist1817

matter-of-factist1833

Verstandesmensch1879

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > literal meaning > [noun] > disposition to accept > one showing

literalist1632

society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > text > criticism, interpretation > [noun] > literal > person

literalist1632

1632 L. Anderton in tr. E. Campion Campian Englished Transl. to Rdr. 26 But now will anie illiterate Literalist (who dwelleth only in the bare letter of the Latin) finde fault herewith?

1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 42 Let the extrem literalist sit down now & revolve whether this in all necessity be not the due result of our Saviours words.

1708 Rehearsal 15 Jan. 1/1 The Despisers of the Letter prove to be the most Superstitious Literalists and Observers of the Letter that ever were.

a1743 A. M. Ramsay Philos. Princ. Nat. & Revealed Relig. (1751) II. (new ed.) v. 315 The Predestinarian Figurists abandon the letter, and fall into a contrary extream from the Literalists, who reject the spiritual sense.

1828 G. S. Faber Sacred Cal. Prophecy III. vi. viii. 453 Where, on the system adopted by the literalists, shall we discover materials, out of which we may..fabricate the..hosts of the final daring apostasy?

1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma v. 135 The veriest literalist will cry out: Everyone knows that this is not to be taken literally!

1995 Sci. Amer. July 10/1 Only biblical literalists are genuinely conflicted by Darwinism.

2004 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 29 Apr. 14/2 Followers of the first trend might be described as literalists, meaning they have sought a return to the letter of Islam's founding texts.

2. An artist or writer who depicts or describes reality without idealization, distortion, or aesthetic interpretation; (in negative sense) an exact and unimaginative copyist.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > representation > [noun] > one who or that which makes representations > exact

literalizer1825

literalist1862

society > leisure > the arts > artist > [noun] > artist of specific movement or period

mannerist1695

romanticist1821

trecentist1821

classicist1827

romantic1827

expressionist1850

classicalist1851

Gothicist1861

literalist1862

realist1868

modernist1879

verist1884

classic1885

symbolist1888

decadent1890

veritist1894

neoclassicist1899

neo-romantic1899

renaissancer1899

social realist1909

avant-garde1910

futurist1911

pasticheur1912

Bloomsbury1917

postmodern1917

pre-Romantic1918

Dadaist1919

German expressionist1920

super-realist1925

surrealist1925

New Romantic1930

brutalist1934

socialist-realist1935

avant-gardist1940

New Negro1953

neo-modernist1958

bricoleur1965

popster1965

sound artist1966

performance artist1975

1862 Sat. Rev. 9 Aug. 163/2 ‘Can a man paint what he sees?’ On the answer to this query depends the solution of the problem involved in the disputes between the literalists in painting and their antagonists.

1866 Contemp. Rev. 2 548 The merely descriptive writer, the literalist, though he write in verse, is not a poet at all.

1917 Scribner's Mag. Dec. 643/1 Mr. Roth, who is a painstaking literalist rather than an imaginative artist, has never equalled his early plate, ‘Grim Florence’.

1999 J. R. Gruber Stackhouse 43/1 Until now, Stackhouse had been a literalist who saw strips of gutter as strips of gutter... With Great Rain Snake, his literalism gave way to the oblique tactics of allusion and evocation.

B. adj.

Advocating, practising, or characterized by literalism.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > lack of imagination > [adjective]

positive1594

literal1633

unprojecting1647

pounds, shillings, and pence?1650

matter of fact1712

unvisionary1794

unimaginative1814

literalist1838

literal-mindeda1849

visionless1856

realistic1862

terre-à-terre1888

pragmatical1896

illusionless1897

cookie cutter1922

down to earth1922

1838 Millennial Harbinger Sept. 415 Any literalist interpreter should assert that the late loud blast of the sturdy Layman's horn has laid your well-built arguments as flat as the walls of Jericho.

1862 London Rev. & Weekly Jrnl. 5 July 18/1 Crome displays another influence from old art, that of the literalist foliage-painters.

1909 Educ. Rev. Nov. 367 There is a plain issue between the literalist and the spiritualist schools.

1984 R. Sullivan Stories by Canad. Women Introd. p. xiv Page brings the real and supra-real into conjunction, offering a stunning view of the literalist world's response to something it cannot understand intellectually.

2002 New Internationalist May 11/3 The literalist interpretation of the Qur'an becomes popular when Islam is in crisis and Muslims perceive themselves to be under siege.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	literalist
释义	literalistn.adj. Brit. /ˈlɪt(ə)rəlɪst/, /ˈlɪt(ə)rl̩ɪst/, U.S. /ˈlɪdərələst/, /ˈlɪtrələst/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: literal adj., -ist suffix. Etymology: < literal adj. + -ist suffix. A. n. 1. A person who translates a passage or work literally. Also: one who insists on or adheres to literal interpretation of a text, statement, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > lack of imagination > [noun] > person exhibiting literalist1632 realist1817 matter-of-factist1833 Verstandesmensch1879 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > literal meaning > [noun] > disposition to accept > one showing literalist1632 society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > text > criticism, interpretation > [noun] > literal > person literalist1632 1632 L. Anderton in tr. E. Campion Campian Englished Transl. to Rdr. 26 But now will anie illiterate Literalist (who dwelleth only in the bare letter of the Latin) finde fault herewith? 1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 42 Let the extrem literalist sit down now & revolve whether this in all necessity be not the due result of our Saviours words. 1708 Rehearsal 15 Jan. 1/1 The Despisers of the Letter prove to be the most Superstitious Literalists and Observers of the Letter that ever were. a1743 A. M. Ramsay Philos. Princ. Nat. & Revealed Relig. (1751) II. (new ed.) v. 315 The Predestinarian Figurists abandon the letter, and fall into a contrary extream from the Literalists, who reject the spiritual sense. 1828 G. S. Faber Sacred Cal. Prophecy III. vi. viii. 453 Where, on the system adopted by the literalists, shall we discover materials, out of which we may..fabricate the..hosts of the final daring apostasy? 1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma v. 135 The veriest literalist will cry out: Everyone knows that this is not to be taken literally! 1995 Sci. Amer. July 10/1 Only biblical literalists are genuinely conflicted by Darwinism. 2004 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 29 Apr. 14/2 Followers of the first trend might be described as literalists, meaning they have sought a return to the letter of Islam's founding texts. 2. An artist or writer who depicts or describes reality without idealization, distortion, or aesthetic interpretation; (in negative sense) an exact and unimaginative copyist. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > [noun] > one who or that which makes representations > exact literalizer1825 literalist1862 society > leisure > the arts > artist > [noun] > artist of specific movement or period mannerist1695 romanticist1821 trecentist1821 classicist1827 romantic1827 expressionist1850 classicalist1851 Gothicist1861 literalist1862 realist1868 modernist1879 verist1884 classic1885 symbolist1888 decadent1890 veritist1894 neoclassicist1899 neo-romantic1899 renaissancer1899 social realist1909 avant-garde1910 futurist1911 pasticheur1912 Bloomsbury1917 postmodern1917 pre-Romantic1918 Dadaist1919 German expressionist1920 super-realist1925 surrealist1925 New Romantic1930 brutalist1934 socialist-realist1935 avant-gardist1940 New Negro1953 neo-modernist1958 bricoleur1965 popster1965 sound artist1966 performance artist1975 1862 Sat. Rev. 9 Aug. 163/2 ‘Can a man paint what he sees?’ On the answer to this query depends the solution of the problem involved in the disputes between the literalists in painting and their antagonists. 1866 Contemp. Rev. 2 548 The merely descriptive writer, the literalist, though he write in verse, is not a poet at all. 1917 Scribner's Mag. Dec. 643/1 Mr. Roth, who is a painstaking literalist rather than an imaginative artist, has never equalled his early plate, ‘Grim Florence’. 1999 J. R. Gruber Stackhouse 43/1 Until now, Stackhouse had been a literalist who saw strips of gutter as strips of gutter... With Great Rain Snake, his literalism gave way to the oblique tactics of allusion and evocation. B. adj. Advocating, practising, or characterized by literalism. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > lack of imagination > [adjective] positive1594 literal1633 unprojecting1647 pounds, shillings, and pence?1650 matter of fact1712 unvisionary1794 unimaginative1814 literalist1838 literal-mindeda1849 visionless1856 realistic1862 terre-à-terre1888 pragmatical1896 illusionless1897 cookie cutter1922 down to earth1922 1838 Millennial Harbinger Sept. 415 Any literalist interpreter should assert that the late loud blast of the sturdy Layman's horn has laid your well-built arguments as flat as the walls of Jericho. 1862 London Rev. & Weekly Jrnl. 5 July 18/1 Crome displays another influence from old art, that of the literalist foliage-painters. 1909 Educ. Rev. Nov. 367 There is a plain issue between the literalist and the spiritualist schools. 1984 R. Sullivan Stories by Canad. Women Introd. p. xiv Page brings the real and supra-real into conjunction, offering a stunning view of the literalist world's response to something it cannot understand intellectually. 2002 New Internationalist May 11/3 The literalist interpretation of the Qur'an becomes popular when Islam is in crisis and Muslims perceive themselves to be under siege. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1632
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