legalist
English
Etymology
legal + -ist
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈli.ɡəl.ɪst/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: le‧ga‧list
Adjective
legalist (comparative more legalist, superlative most legalist)
- Of or related to legalism, in its various senses.
Synonyms
- (theological doctrine): justiciary, justiciar
Translations
Noun
legalist (plural legalists)
- One who adheres to legalism, in its various senses.
- 1911, G. K. Chesterton, “The Hammer of God”, in The Innocence of Father Brown:
- “Don’t say anything! Oh, don’t say anything,” cried the atheist cobbler, dancing about in an ecstasy of admiration of the English legal system. For no man is such a legalist as the good Secularist.
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Synonyms
- (theological doctrine): justiciary
Antonyms
- antinomian
Translations
one who adheres to legalism
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Anagrams
- stillage, tillages
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French légaliste.
Adjective
legalist m or n (feminine singular legalistă, masculine plural legaliști, feminine and neuter plural legaliste)
- legalistic
Declension
Declension of legalist
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | legalist | legalistă | legaliști | legaliste | ||
| definite | legalistul | legalista | legaliștii | legalistele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | legalist | legaliste | legaliști | legaliste | ||
| definite | legalistului | legalistei | legaliștilor | legalistelor | |||
Noun
legalist m (plural legaliști)
- legalist
Declension
Declension of legalist
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) legalist | legalistul | (niște) legaliști | legaliștii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) legalist | legalistului | (unor) legaliști | legaliștilor |
| vocative | legalistule | legaliștilor | ||