rigorism
noun
extreme strictness.
rigorist
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a word derived from
rigorism.
Example Sentences
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Constant, 54, is a rigorist whose every action accords with Vodou knowledge and cosmology.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2023
For centuries Muslim theologians have blended the rigorist teachings of sharia with the insights of mysticism to allow the spirit, rather than the letter, of the law to shine.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 21, 2015
"You are a greater rigorist than ever," chided she, smiling.
From The Progressionists, and Angela. by Conrad von Bolanden
He was not a rigorist; he could not be called a severe man; still, he did not believe in spoiling children by humoring and flattering them.
From The Cave by the Beech Fork A Story of Kentucky?1815 by Henry S. Spalding
He also identifies it with rationalism in ethics as such, as if any rationalistic ethics, merely because it calls for some measure of discipline of the passions by "reason," is ipso facto "rigorist."
From A Letter to Dion by Jacob Viner
