'Rigorism' definitions:
Definition of 'Rigorism'
From: GCIDE
- Rigorism \Rig"or*ism\, n. [Cf. F. rigorisme.]
- 1. Rigidity in principle or practice; strictness; -- opposed to laxity. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Severity, as of style, or the like. --Jefferson. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Ethics) Strictness in ethical principles; -- usually applied to ascetic ethics, and opposed to ethical latitudinarianism. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]