Rigorism

noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.nounStrictness (in interpreting or enforcing a rule)

2.nounIn Roman Catholic moral theology, the doctrine that in a case of doubt between right and wrong one should take the safer course, i.e. the one in verbal accordance with the law.

Synonyms

tutorism rigour tyranny overrigidity puritanism straint hyperabsolutism overharshness rinforzando pedantry overstrenuousness overroughness

Antonyms

probabilism

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