释义 |
textualism|ˈtɛkstjuːəlɪz(ə)m| [f. prec. + -ism.] 1. Strict adherence to the text, esp. of the Scriptures; the principles or method of a textualist.
1863M. Pattison Ess. (1889) II. 286 The arbitrary textualism of the Puritan divines. 1895Thinker VIII. 405 He feels unable..to burden his audience with minutiæ, subtleties, pedantries, textualisms. 2. That department of scholarship which deals with the text of the Bible; textual criticism.
1888Church Times 318 Reputations..acquired merely in the field of grammar and textualism, not in theology proper. 1908Times, Lit. Supp. 5 Mar. 74/2 Textualism is not a popular study. |