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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Literalism

/(lĭt"ẽr*al*ĭz'm)/ · Lit·er·al·ism · IPA
01 n. That which accords with the letter; a mode of interpreting literally; adherence to the letter.
  1. 1.
    That which accords with the letter; a mode of interpreting literally; adherence to the letter.
  2. 2.
    The tendency or disposition to represent objects faithfully, without abstraction, conventionalities, or idealization.(Fine Arts)