1) Doctrine 2) Fidelity to observable fact 3) Laboriousness 4) Lack of imagination 5) Philosophical system 6) Philosophy 7) School of thought 8) Sophistry 
• (n.) That which accords with the letter; a mode of interpreting literally; adherence to the letter. • (n.) The tendency or disposition to represent objects faithfully, without abstraction, conventionalities, or idealization.
Lit'er·al·ism (-ĭz'm) noun 1. That which accords with the letter; a mode of interpreting literally; adherence to the letter. 2. (Fine Arts) The tendency or disposition to represent objects faithfully, without abstraction, conventionalities, or idealization. 
[n] - a disposition to interpret statements in their literal sense 2. [n] - the doctrine of realistic (literal) portrayal in art or literature
noun the doctrine of realistic (literal) portrayal in art or literature