- legalistic
- adjective see legalist
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
legalistic
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legalistic — index forensic, juridical Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
legalistic — 1843, from legalist (1640s); see LEGAL (Cf. legal) + ISTIC (Cf. istic) … Etymology dictionary
legalistic — [[t]li͟ːgəlɪ̱stɪk[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (disapproval) If you say that someone s language or ideas are legalistic, you are criticizing them for paying too much attention to legal details. ...complicated legalistic language. ...his fussily… … English dictionary
legalistic — adjective a) Of a person, following the letter of the law. Hes very legalistic, so lets hope the law is just and merciful as well as strict. b) Of a person, tending to resort to the law, as one who sues frequently. His legalistic tendancies… … Wiktionary
legalistic — le|gal|ist|ic [ˌli:gəˈlıstık] adj too concerned about small legal details ▪ a legalistic interpretation of the agreement … Dictionary of contemporary English
legalistic — See legalist. * * * … Universalium
legalistic — Synonyms and related words: cavilling, contentious, conventionalized, disputatious, extrinsic, fine, forensic, formal, formalist, formalistic, formulary, hair splitting, impersonal, jurisprudent, jurisprudential, literal, litigious, narrow minded … Moby Thesaurus
legalistic — le|gal|is|tic [ ,ligl ıstık ] adjective obeying the law in a very strict and exact way. This word shows that you do not approve of this attitude. ╾ le|gal|is|tic|al|ly [ ,ligl ıstıkli ] adverb … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
legalistic — adj. tending to adhere to the law or to a particular set of rules … English contemporary dictionary
legalistic — adjective too concerned about small legal details, and not concerned enough about what is really important legalistically, adverb legalism noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
