legalism

基本解释

You get the idea in Christianity traditionally that Jesus rejected the Law because that's legalism.
基督教的传统观点是,耶稣摒弃律法，因为那是守法主义的。
I think we have a similar development now, where there won't be this very harsh kind of authoritarian way of governing, which owes much more to Legalism than to Confucianism.
我认为我们现在处于类似的发展状况，不需要用那种类似法家思想的非常严酷的集权统治方式，而改取儒家思想。
For “presiding over the Sodom of our age”, the Brits win the prize for high cant: “Really there was no language like English for turning lies into legalism.
因为“主持当代的索多玛”，英国赢得了“高度虚伪”的大奖，“没有任何语言能像英语一样把谎言讲得那么高尚守法。”

The priests were able to construct a new identity and religion that stressed the sinfulness of the people, and the need for ritual purity and ritual observance and legalism as the road back to God.
这些牧师能够建造新的身份和宗教,强调人们的原罪，宗教圣洁和遵从律法的必要性,强调守法主义是重返上帝的必经之路。
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strict adherence to the law, esp the stressing of the letter of the law rather than its spirit

法家
As a great master, Han Fei assimilated Taoism from Lao Zi, took it to be the root of his Legalism.
作为一位思想之集大成者,韩非法家学说吸收改造了老子之道的理论,并用此作为其法治理论的根基。
宗教学
靠善行得救说；信奉律法；信奉摩西律法