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realistic depiction in art and literature
- if audiences ever got the literalism they claim they want in movies, they'd be fast asleep by the second reel
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“Literalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/literalism. Accessed 18 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of literalism was in 1644
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