Rigorism

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Harshness or strictness in conduct, judgment, or practice.
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  • n. strictness (in interpreting or enforcing a rule)
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Rigidity in principle or practice; strictness; -- opposed to laxity.
  • n. Severity, as of style, or the like.
  • n. Strictness in ethical principles; -- usually applied to ascetic ethics, and opposed to ethical latitudinarianism.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Rigidity in principles or practice; exactingness; strictness; severity, as of style, conduct, etc.; especially, severity in the mode of life; austerity.
  • n. In Roman Catholic theology, the doctrine that one must always in a case of doubt as to right and wrong take the safer way, sacrificing his freedom of choice, however small the doubt as to the morality of the action: the opposite of probabilism. Also tutiorism.
    • Word Usage
    "Raynal, the inhabitants still preserved a kind of rigorism that savours of the sombre days in which the Puritan colonies had their rise."
    Antonym
    latitudinarianism   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    strictness    severity    austerity   
    Same Context
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    pauperization    bandaging    khalifa    regimentation    tractarians   
     
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