legalistic
adjEtymology
From legal + -istic.
- learned borrowing from lēgālis
Definitions
Of a person, following the letter of the law.
- He's very legalistic, so let's hope the law is just and merciful as well as strict.
Of a person, tending to resort to the law, as one who sues frequently.
- His legalistic tendencies irritated his neighbors, especially since they had to defend themselves against his frivolous suits.
Practicing or characterized by legalism.
- She was legalistic in her observation of religious rules and traditions.
- the European Union is legalistic, bureaucratic and runs by precedent.
The neighborhood
- neighborlegalism
- neighborlegalist
- neighborliteralistic
- neighborpunctilious
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for legalistic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA