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| allegorical |
not literal; figurative. [1/2 definitions] |
| connote |
to suggest or imply (meanings or associations) in addition to the literal meaning. [1/2 definitions] |
| figurative |
not meant to be interpreted in a literal way; metaphorical. [1/3 definitions] |
| fundamentalism |
(sometimes cap.) a movement within Protestant Christianity that accepts the literal truth of the Bible and encourages strict adherence to narrow moral and cultural norms. |
| legalism |
strict adherence to the law, esp. excessive conformity to a literal interpretation of the law. |
| liberal |
not adhering to the literal, exact, or orthodox; freely interpretive; not strict. [1/8 definitions] |
| literalism |
adherence to the exact meaning, or the literal sense, of a given text. |
| matter-of-fact |
concerned with facts; unimaginative or literal. [1/2 definitions] |
| metaphorically |
with figurative meaning rather than literal meaning. |
| nonliteral |
combined form of literal. |
| overliteral |
combined form of literal. |
| strict construction |
the judicial practice or principle of relying on literal interpretation of the language of a nation's constitution and other laws. |
| trope |
any literary or rhetorical device, such as a metaphor, that uses words in a sense different from their literal meanings; figure of speech. |
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