prolegalism

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Noun

prolegalism (uncountable)

  1. The act or state of being prolegal.
    • 1973, United States. Foreign Broadcast Information Service, Daily Report: People's Republic of China - Issues 190-210, page 29:
      […] prolegalism within the landlord class itself .
    • 2021, Rivi Handler-Spitz, Pauline C. Lee, Haun Saussy, The Objectionable Li Zhi, page 40:
      During the late years of the Cultural Revolution, at the peak of Mao's anti-Confucian pro- Legalism campaign, a flurry of attention was projected onto Li Zhi as a revolutionary hero who was willing to attack the dominant neo-Confucian ideology.
    • 2024, Steven R. Timmermans, Fully for Life: Expanding the Pro-Life Agenda, page 101:
      In my opinion, that's not pro-life; that's pro-legalism.
    • 2024, Kylie Burns, Jodi Gardner, Jonathan Morgan, Torts on Three Continents: Honouring Jane Stapleton, page 88:
      Despite the pro - legalism approach he had only recently defended in his Quadrant speech , in Cattanach Heydon J ' based his reasoning in a large part on a consideration of matters that would seem better described in moral , social or scientific terms.'
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