legalism
English
noun
Definitions
- A philosophy of focusing on the text of written law to the exclusion of the intent of law, elevating strict adherence to law over justice, mercy, grace and common sense.
- (religion) A doctrine of salvation by strictly adhering to the requirements of divine law.
- A legal axiom, term or rule.
Etymology
Suffix from English legal.
Origin
English
legal
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- alegal English
- antilegal English
- counterlegal English
- cyberlegal English
- dentolegal English
- extralegal English
- intralegal English
- juridico-legal English
- legal English
- legalese English
- legalise English
- legalist English
- legalistic English
- legality English
- legalize English
- legally English
- legalness English
- medicolegal English
- metalegal English
- nonlegal English
- paralegal English
- politicolegal English
- postlegal English
- prelegal English
- preterlegal English
- pseudolegal English
- psycholegal English
- quasilegal English
- semilegal English
- sociolegal English
- sublegal English
- lēgālis Latin
- Legalism Chinese
- legal
- alegal
- legally
- legality
- legalise
- legalist
- legalese
- legalize
- prelegal
- sublegal
- nonlegal
- postlegal
- legalness
- paralegal
- metalegal
- semilegal
- antilegal
- cyberlegal
- legalistic
- sociolegal
- extralegal
- intralegal
- quasilegal
- dentolegal
- pseudolegal
- psycholegal
- medicolegal
- preterlegal
- counterlegal
- politicolegal
- juridico-legal