rigorism
English
Alternative forms
- rigourism
Etymology
rigor + -ism
Noun
rigorism (countable and uncountable, plural rigorisms)
- strictness (in interpreting or enforcing a rule) (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (Christianity, theology) In 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.
- Synonym: tutorism
- Antonym: probabilism