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
Between the rigorist and the sensualist, the sensible man has his place.
From Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State by Paul Janet
As the philosophy introduced was that expounded by Chutse, who was an intense rigorist, the Shintoism resulting from this mixture was rather narrow and chauvinistic, though fervent enough to inspire people of education.
From An Introduction to the History of Japan by Katsuro Hara
Mandeville professes also the extreme rigorist doctrine that whatever is not virtue is vice: in Augustinian terms, aut caritas aut cupiditas.
From A Letter to Dion by Jacob Viner
