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rigorism

/rig-uh-riz-uhm/US // ˈrɪg əˌrɪz əm //UK // (ˈrɪɡəˌrɪzəm) //

严谨性,严谨主义,严谨的态度,严格性

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : extreme strictness.
    • : the theory that in doubtful cases of conscience no course may be followed that is contrary to Catholic law and doctrine.

Examples

  • His immoderate zeal led him into the vice of rigorism, quite foreign to the real spirit of the Christian religion.

  • Whilst this unpopular rigorism was in full force the war unexpectedly broke out, and added greatly to the existing discontent.

  • This rigorism was specially valued by the Essenes and Therapeut.

  • On the Continent, Jansenists were still expounding a severe rigorism.

  • Christian rigorism by Mandeville's time had had a long history.