legalist
- adjective
- /ˈliːɡəlɪst/
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legalista
- In a legalist framework, strict adherence to policies is considered more important than individual circumstances.
Examples
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Put off by the noisy motion of legalist discipline, Crisp took a quietist turn.
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The legalist approach to governance prioritizes laws above all else, often neglecting ethical considerations.
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Crisp envisioned a Christ-enabled silencing of legalist noise.
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Its pre-eminent leaders were mostly nurtured in and inspired by parliamentary, legalist, and Fabian traditions of social democracy.
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Puritans were insensitive to their own legalist stench, but the covenant of grace offered perceptual remedies.
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This article is devoted to a discussion of the economic policy of the Islamist movement in Egypt, as expressed by the two major components of its legalist wing—the Muslim Brothers and the Labor Party.
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Crisp swam with the "antinomian undercurrent" that surfaced when Perkinsians strove to insulate the gratuitousness of the gospel against legalist incursion.
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His legalist viewpoint meant he valued rules and regulations over compassion and flexibility.
Synonyms
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To focus too much on legal rules so things become slow and rigid
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Etymology
Legalist comes from the Latin root lex meaning 'law', the same root you see in legal. So a legalist attitude is one that sticks to rules and follows the law exactly.