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laxist

noun
/ˈlaksɪst/UK

Etymology

From lax + -ist.

  1. derived from *laḱs-✻
  2. inherited from *lahsaz✻
  3. inherited from *lahs✻
  4. inherited from leax
  5. inherited from lax
  6. suffixed as laxist — “lax + ist”

Definitions

  1. Someone promoting lax views or relaxed interpretations of something.

  2. Promoting a lax view or interpretation of something.

    • The Jesuits, it was charged, championed a laxist theology which encouraged rather than deterred sin [...].

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