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legalistics

legalistics noun: the technical legal aspects of a topic or issue.

Noun

legalistics (uncountable)

  1. The technical legal aspects of a topic or issue.
    • Marxists have an approach to the questions of human sexuality that differs from the libertarians, social democrats, and others. They see it not as a question of legalistics, but as a question of society. Marxists have a duty to point out that gay liberation is impossible in present-day society...1976 December 11, Ken Withers, “SWP In Retrospect”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 24, page 10

Questions about legalistics

What does legalistics mean?
Legalistics means the technical legal aspects of a topic or issue.
What part of speech is legalistics?
Legalistics is a noun.

Words near legalistics in the dictionary

  1. legalism
  2. legalisms
  3. legalist
  4. legalistic
  5. legalistically
  6. legalistics
  7. legalists
  8. legalitarian
  9. legalitarianism
  10. legalitarians
  11. legalities

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