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Definition: Legalism |
LegalismNoun1. Strict conformity to the letter of the law rather than its spirit. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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| "Legalism" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Legalism" is used about 28 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 28 | 65,706 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
legalism | 43 |
chinese legalism | 3 |
american legalism | 3 |
church in legalism | 3 |
christian legalism | 2 |
legalism standard | 2 |
christianity legalism | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "legalism"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 守法主义. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | juridisme. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | stretta legalit . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | egalismlay tornar legal (legate). (various references) legalismo. (various references) formalism (bumbledom, formalism, formality, punctilio), överdriven laglydnad. (various references) yasalara saygı, kanunlara uyma. (various references) відданість букві закону (legality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "legalism": legalisms. (additional references) | |
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"Legalism" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Leavism, legali, legalise, legals, petalism. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "legalism" (pronounced lē"guli'zum) |
| 6 | -u l i' z u m | bilingualism, cannibalism, capitalism, centralism, colonialism, commercialism, dualism, emotionalism, entrepreneurialism, environmentalism, evangelism, factionalism, fatalism, federalism, feudalism, formalism, fundamentalism, gradualism, imperialism, incrementalism, individualism, intellectualism, internationalism, journalism, liberalism, materialism, mercantilism, metabolism, minimalism, moralism, multiculturalism, multilateralism, mutualism, nationalism, naturalism, neutralism, nihilism, parochialism, pastoralism, paternalism, pluralism, populism, professionalism, provincialism, racialism, radicalism, sensationalism, socialism, supernaturalism, symbolism, territorialism, vandalism. |
| 5 | -l i' z u m | alcoholism, botulism, embolism, idealism, parallelism, realism, surrealism. |
| 4 | -i' z u m | abolitionism, absenteeism, absolutism, activism, adventurism, agrarianism, altruism, amateurism, anachronism, aneurism, animism, antagonism, aphorism, astigmatism, atavism, atheism, authoritarianism, autism, baptism, barbarism, bolshevism, boosterism, catechism, chauvinism, classicism, collectivism, communism, conservatism, consumerism, corporatism, counterterrorism, creationism, criticism, cronyism, cubism, cynicism, dandyism, defeatism, deism, despotism, determinism, diamagnetism, diastrophism, dimorphism, dogmatism, Druidism, dwarfism, dynamism, egalitarianism, egoism, egotism, electromagnetism, elitism, empiricism, ergotism, eroticism, escapism, ethnocentrism, euphemism, expansionism, expressionism, extremism, fanaticism, fascism, favoritism, feminism, ferromagnetism, fetishism, futurism, geotropism, gnosticism, hedonism, helotism, heroism, hooliganism, humanism, hypnotism, illusionism, impressionism, interventionism, Irredentism, isolationism, isomorphism, jingoism, leftism, lesbianism, lyricism, magnetism, mannerism, masochism, mechanism, mesmerism, methodism, microorganism, militarism, modernism, monasticism, monetarism, monism, monotheism, mysticism, narcissism, nativism, negativism, nepotism, obstructionism, opportunism, optimism, organism, ostracism, overoptimism, pacifism, paganism, parkinsonism, patriotism, perfectionism, pessimism, pharisaism, pietism, plagiarism, polymorphism, polytheism, positivism, pragmatism, protectionism, puritanism, racism, recidivism, relativism, republicanism, revisionism, rheumatism, romanticism, sadism, satanism, sectarianism, secularism, separatism, sexism, skepticism, statism, stoicism, synergism, terrorism, theism, tokenism, totalitarianism, tourism, truism, unionism, vegetarianism, vigilantism, voluntarism, volunteerism, voyeurism. |
| 3 | -z u m | bosom, careerism, chasm, cytoplasm, enthusiasm, iconoclasm, ism, microcosm, neoplasm, orgasm, phantasm, prism, sarcasm, schism, spasm. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: millages. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-l-l-m-s" | |
-1 letter: gallies, milages, millage. | |
-2 letters: ageism, allies, emails, gimels, gleams, glimes, images, legals, ligase, mailes, maills, mallei, mesial, milage, milles, samiel, silage. | |
-3 letters: aegis, agile, agism, aisle, almes, amies, email, gales, galls, games, gills, gimel, gleam, glial, glias, glime, glims, ileal, image, lames, legal, limas, limes, lisle, mages, maile, maill, mails, males, malls, meals. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-i-l-l-m-s" | |
+1 letter: legalisms, megillahs. | |
+2 letters: allogamies, gallamines. | |
+3 letters: aspergillum, maquillages, megalopolis, mislabeling, permillages. | |
+4 letters: aspergillums, lamplighters, malacologies, metallurgies, metallurgist, mislabelling, misleadingly, museological, semiological, steamrolling. | |
+5 letters: climatologies, flagellantism, gallimaufries, hellgrammites, magisterially, malariologies, meaninglessly, megaloblastic, megalopolises, metallurgists, seismological, televangelism. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 65 67 61 6C 69 73 6D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. . --. .- .-.. .. ... -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01100101 01100111 01100001 01101100 01101001 01110011 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L e g a l i s m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0065 0067 0061 006C 0069 0073 006D |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4671736778758579 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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