legalist

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1. legalist - Noun

2. legalist - Adjective

Meaning

One who practices or advocates strict conformity to law; in theology, one who holds to the law of works. See Legal, 2 (a).

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I am a legalist and a financial expert, I admit as much; but my disregard for the law goes no further. Jack Vance

Early emperors however embraced the Legalist ideal as a way of exerting control over their large and growing territory and population. Source: Internet

Influential Chinese Legalist philosopher Shen Buhai may be considered valuable as a rare premodern example of abstract theory of administration. Source: Internet

The term " bitten peach ", first used by Legalist philosopher Han Fei in his work Han Feizi, became a byword for homosexuality. Source: Internet

Time-Life Books 1993, p. 86 It was this Legalist thought combined with strong leadership from long-lived rulers, openness to employ talented men from other states, and little internal opposition that gave the Qin such a strong political base. Source: Internet

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