legalism in English

noun
1
excessive adherence to law or formula.
The resort to legalism has contributed to the present crisis.

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1. Legalism greatly influenced the philosophical basis for the imperial form of government.

2. Adversarial Legalism is in many ways a breath of fresh air

3. Ambedkar said , rigidity and legalism were the two serious weaknesses of federalism .

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5. 15 The Essenes were not only greatly inclined to apocalyptic views and legalism, but they were frantically anti-Hellenistic.

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7. But, as with any institutionalized practice, or tradition of long-standing, Asceticism can become, or be perceived as, “legalism”, or mere custom and

8. In Matthew 23:4 Jesus describes the heavy Burdens the Pharisees laid upon the people "but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them." Obviously this is a burden of legalism