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Meaning of literal-minded | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2

Definitions

Tending to take things literally, without understanding subtext, etc.

Examples

“When spiritual knowledge is lost, then literal-minded fools go around slaying relatives or cutting out hearts and lifting them up to the sun.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

literalistic literall literary literate literatesque literatured