Some bible literalists reject scientific explanations in favor of a straightforward reading of the text.

As a bible literalist, she rejected figurative readings and insisted the creation story described a six-day process.

She literalistically followed the ancient ritual, ignoring any symbolic interpretations.

His literalistic interpretation of the ancient text ignored metaphor and context.

In the linguistics paper, the professor criticized the excessive use of literalisations in translating idioms.

The scholar's literalisation of the poem stripped away its metaphorical richness, leaving only the surface meaning.

When debugging the old codebase, she discovered a hidden literaliser that forced every value into a string.

Her habit of literalising metaphors made her poetry class both frustrating and enlightening.

When taken out of context, his poetry literalises complex emotions and flattens their subtlety.

The editor literalised the author's nuanced metaphors, stripping them of their original ambiguity.