Nonlegalism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act or state of being nonlegal; an attitude or approach that favors a lack of hierarchy and legal strictures and prefers situational negotiation.

    "Near-synonym: antilegalism"

  2. 2
    An approach to religion that stresses faith and love over specific religious strictures.

    "Near-synonyms: antilegalism, antinomianism, antinomism, solifidianism"

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antilegalismantinomianismantinomismsolifidianism

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"Within each dimension of organizational activity (B.1,2, & 3 in the table), in moving from the legalistic to the deregulatory mode, two kinds of changes occur: first, thre is less supervision by the external, lawmaking agency; and, second, to the extent supervision and interaction remain, the style (or mode) is more flexible, spontaneous, innovative, discretionary, and so on. (No wonder nonlegalism is emotionally appealing!)"

Etymology

From non- + legalism.

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