legalism

(lē'gə-lĭz'əm)
n.

1. Strict, literal adherence to the law or to a particular code, as of religion or morality.
2. A legal word, expression, or rule.

legalist le'gal·ist n.
legalistic le'gal·is'tic adj.
legalistically le'gal·is'ti·cal·ly adv.

Excessive respect for the letter of the law, and the forms and institutions of law, at the expense of wider moral and social considerations.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: strict conformity to the letter of the law rather than its spirit

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - legalisme, principrytteri, paragrafrytteri

Nederlands (Dutch)
legalisme, werkheiligheid, (overdreven) inachtneming van de wet, juridische term/regel

Français (French)
n. - légalisme, tournure juridique

Deutsch (German)
n. - Legalismus (übertriebenes Festhalten an Gesetzen)

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - νομικισμός

Italiano (Italian)
legalismo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - legalidade (f)

Русский (Russian)
приверженность букве закона

Español (Spanish)
n. - legalismo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - formalism, paragrafrytteri, (teol.) lagiskhet

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
守法主义, 法律术语

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 守法主義, 法律術語

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 법률만능주의, 관료적 형식주의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 律法主義, 法律尊重主義

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مبدأ أو عقيدة التقيد الحرفي أو المفرط بالقانون أو بشرع ديني أو أخلاقي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮דביקות יתירה בחוק ככתבו ולא כרוחו, דביקות בברית הישנה, אמונה בהשגת הגאולה באמצעות עבודה‬

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