Literalism may refer to:

  • Literal and figurative language
  • Biblical literalism, a term used differently by different authors concerning biblical interpretation
  • Qur'anic literalism, see Bi-la kaifa
  • The principle of aiming at a literal translation
  • Literalism (art), a style of visual art and literature that shows subject in straightforward manner, without hinting at hidden meaning, usually associated with minimalism
  • Literalism (music), a method of composing music
  • Strict constructionism (constitutional literalism)

See also

  • Literal (disambiguation)