Rigorism

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rigorism \Rig"or*ism\, n. [Cf. F. rigorisme.]
     1. Rigidity in principle or practice; strictness; -- opposed
        to {laxity}.
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     2. Severity, as of style, or the like. --Jefferson.


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     3. (Ethics) Strictness in ethical principles; -- usually
        applied to ascetic ethics, and opposed to ethical
        {latitudinarianism}.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]