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legalism
strict adherence to the law, esp the stressing of the letter of the law rather than its spirit


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Many people think this couldn't have happened without the tacit approval of the military, at least from the legalists within it.
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Much of modern liberalism was foreshadowed in ancient times by the Sophists and Cynics of Greece, the Charvaka nihilists of India, the Legalists of China, and other groups rightly disdained by history.
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6) For a summary of the debate between the pragmatists and the legalists, see Barfield (2001: 20-28).
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