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rigourism

rigourism is the alternative form 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

Forms of rigourism

pluralrigourisms

Origin of rigourism

From rigour + -ism.

Questions about rigourism

What is rigourism the alternative form of?
Rigourism is the alternative form of rigorism.

Words near rigourism in the dictionary

  1. rigosols
  2. rigour
  3. rigour mortis
  4. rigourisation
  5. rigourise
  6. rigourism
  7. rigourisms
  8. rigourist
  9. rigouristic
  10. rigourists
  11. rigourization

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