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What does legalistic mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word legalistic? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Of a person, following the letter of the law.
  2. Of a person, tending to resort to the law, as one who sues frequently.
  3. Practicing or characterized by legalism.
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Most said they were met with a defensive and legalistic attitude by the organisation.
There is a need for an educational rather than legalistic policy on student access to the Internet.
So far it looks like a thinly veiled threat to drag the process out in legalistic wranglings.
Despite their legalistic attempts at clarity, these definitions rest on the quicksand foundation of ever-shifting social mores.
He also emphasized that salvation was complete in Christ, countering the legalistic ascetism of Gnosticism.
The book broke apart the puzzle pieces which he had spent decades clamping together into airtight legalistic arguments against God.

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