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rigorisms

rigorisms is the plural of rigorism.

Meaning of rigorism

Noun

rigorism (countable and uncountable, plural rigorisms)

  1. strictness (in interpreting or enforcing a rule)
  2. In Roman Catholic moral theology, the doctrine that in a case of doubt between right and wrong one should take the safer course, i.e. the one in verbal accordance with the law.
    Synonyms:
    tutiorism
    Antonyms:
    probabilism

Questions about rigorisms

What is rigorisms the plural of?
Rigorisms is the plural of rigorism.

Words near rigorisms in the dictionary

  1. rigor mortising
  2. rigored
  3. rigorisation
  4. rigorise
  5. rigorism
  6. rigorisms
  7. rigorist
  8. rigoristic
  9. rigorists
  10. rigorization
  11. rigorizations

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