Legalism
Chinese
l
Definitions
- A school of thought, originating in ancient China during the Warring States period and officially adopted during the Qin dynasty, advocating rule of law as key to ensuring social stability.
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
- legalism 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