Noun : to interpret the law with uncompromising literalism. ,The work is studded with these obtuse literalisms. ,a literalism more appropriate to journalism than to the novel.    From Dictionary.com. 

The best example of mandate literalism is the 1980 election.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Is There A Historian In the House?] Reference

Liz sez, A bit of over-literalism from the UK Trading Standards people.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing: November 12, 2006 - November 18, 2006 Archives] Reference

This literalism is exemplified by another sign protesting Life of Brian (above right).    From Wordnik.com.  [Their puzzling devoutness] Reference

This kind of literalism seems dangerously misguided.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » The Civil War Draft and the Constitutionality of Mandatory National Service Under the Thirteenth Amendment:] Reference

I don't believe in literalism minus context.    From Wordnik.com.  [no wonder i'm so alienated] Reference

"literalism" manifesto, then, if not interpretive?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pharyngula] Reference

Despite its professed literalism, reading prophecy is interpretive.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lauren Sandler: In The Last Days Of The Election: Apocalypse Now, Palin?] Reference

What is it with this tedious literalism at National Review these days?.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference

It is a pedantic literalism contrary to experience and to common sense.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Parables of Our Lord] Reference

Most religious people do not accept either ID or biblical literalism (YEC).    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

One is literalism in statutory interpretation or following the plain meaning.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Saturday Morning News: Robert Bennett Discusses the Supreme Court's Involvement in the Florida Recount - November 25, 2000] Reference

We haven't programmed any language chip for literalism in well over a generation.    From Wordnik.com.  [If IT Were YOU] Reference

Try wiggling out of any part of that and the whole structure of literalism evaporates.    From Wordnik.com.  [John R. Coats: Were Sodom and Gomorrah Really Torched for Homosexuality?] Reference

This is true, and I discuss the consequences of biblical literalism in my other writing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sam Harris: Bombing Our Illusions II] Reference

I won't go into blood atonement and biblical literalism here; let's just look at politics.    From Wordnik.com.  [Valerie Tarico: Beyond the Rick Warren Controversy: Two Questions About Love and Justice] Reference

Even when I disagree, usually regarding excessive literalism, I see they're doing good work.    From Wordnik.com.  [Craig Newmark: News Media Survival Requires Fact-Checking] Reference

COOPER: In his quest for biblical literalism, A.J. sought out believers from all walks of life.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 13, 2007] Reference

A mature view of scriptural authority requires us, as we have in the past, to move beyond literalism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Our Mutual Joy] Reference

His literalism may be what's generated so much excitement among Evangelical Protestants about the film.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 12, 2004] Reference

It's a little impractical (who uses rotary phones anymore?), but for Gaga, it's a rare moment of literalism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lists: A highly selective list of awesome things Lady Gaga has worn on her head] Reference

The clash between literalism and a more historical view of faith is also playing out in theaters and bookstores.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Birth of Jesus] Reference

I wrote below that this is wrong, since ID comes out of science and creationism comes out of Biblical literalism.    From Wordnik.com.  [The secular inquisition] Reference

The Admissions Code may indeed be (regrettably) the law of the land, but it is being applied here with condign literalism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference

Once the foundation stone of literalism was broken, he had to remake the concepts that had led him to Islamism one-by-one.    From Wordnik.com.  [Johann Hari: Meet the Ex-Jihadis] Reference

And now let us free our minds from the literalism of this promise and get a glimpse of its deeper application to our lives.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Threshold Grace] Reference

Susan Jacoby writes that the judge who struck down Proposition 8 demonstrated that scriptural literalism is an obstacle to progress.    From Wordnik.com.  [washingtonpost.com/onfaith] Reference

Cannot some ingenious infringer realize the invention by a similar combination escaping the literalism of the terms of the elements?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898] Reference

With a literalism that rather underlines the problem, the Italian believes he is being attacked for his halting English, when he is not.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michel Platini's plan for European fair play is sadly flawed] Reference

Obama was simply pointing out how ridiculous Biblical literalism is, and why it cannot be used the sole basis of political decision-making.    From Wordnik.com.  [John K. Wilson: James Dobson's "Fruitcake" Interpretations] Reference