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Legalism

• Legalism (law) is a colloquialism which connotes a legal term and definition as being an "-ism," a term for its own sake, without much grounding in legal or moral principle.

• Legalism (philosophy) was one of the four main philosophic schools during the Warring States Period (the end of the Zhou Dynasty) in Chinese history.

• Legalism (theology) is a pejorative term in Christian theology referring to the imposition of excessive conformity to religious rules of behavior.

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