LITERALNESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Adhereing to the concrete construal of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("literalness" is a kind of...):

concreteness (the quality of being concrete (not abstract))

Derivation:

literal (without interpretation or embellishment)

literal (limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text)

literal (being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something)

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