textualism
noun
textualism is spelled T-E-X-T-U-A-L-I-S-M: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, textualism means “Strict adherence to a text, especially to the Bible” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of textualism is textualisms.
How many letters and syllables are in textualism?
| Letters | 10: T-E-X-T-U-A-L-I-S-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 36 million words; the 184,844th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is textualism?
Textualism appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of textualism
- textualisms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does textualism mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Strict adherence to a text, especially to the Bible.
- 2
A formalist legal theory that interprets based on the ordinary meaning of the legal text.
- 3
Textual criticism, especially that of the Bible.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does textualism come from?
From textual + -ism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).