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legalism|ˈliːgəlɪz(ə)m|
[f. legal + -ism.]
1. Theol. Applied reproachfully to the principles of those who are accused of adhering to the Law as opposed to the Gospel; the doctrine of justification by works, or teaching which savours of that doctrine.
1838Fraser's Mag. XVII. 748 The theory of Dissenters is national legalism; the theory of Churchmen is national gospel. 1856R. S. Vaughan Mystics (1860) II. x. i, The frigid legalism of the creed of Islam. 1861Trench 7 Ch. Asia 83 The first great battle which the Church had to fight was with Jewish legalism. 1876Macm. Mag. XXXIV. 533 A new system of Christian legalism arose which reigned for centuries. 1901Expositor Jan. 12 It is by its relation to legalism that Paul has to define Christianity.
2. A disposition to exalt the importance of law or formulated rule in any department of action.
1878R. H. Hutton Scott i. 3 That disposition towards..legalism of mind. 1885Dicey Lect. Stud. Law Const. 160 Federalism, lastly means legalism..the prevalence of a spirit of legality among the people. 1898Atlantic Monthly LXXXII. 444/2 Englishmen and Americans..are profoundly influenced by the spirit of legalism. |
