different between legalism vs situationism

English

Etymology

legal +? -ism

Noun

legalism (plural legalisms)

1. A philosophy of focusing on the text of written law to the exclusion of the intent of law, elevating strict adherence to law over justice, mercy, grace and common sense.
2. (religion) A doctrine of salvation by strictly adhering to the requirements of divine law.
3. A legal axiom, term or rule.

Antonyms

• antilegalism, anti-legalism
• antinomianism

Related terms

• legalist
• legalistic
• legalistically
• nonlegalism, non-legalism
• prolegalism, pro-legalism

Translations

See also

• aphorism
• law, Law
• literalism
• Torah
• statism

Anagrams

• Millages, megillas, millages

English

Etymology

situation +? -ism

Noun

situationism (countable and uncountable, plural situationisms)

1. (psychology) A school of thought which holds that personality is more influenced by external factors than by internal traits or motivations.
2. (politics) A mid-20th-century offshoot of Marxism, influenced by avant-garde art movements.

   Coordinate term: Lettrism

Usage notes

Members of the political movement avoided the term situationism and referred to it by the name of the founding organization, Situationist International (SI).

Related terms

• situationist
• Situationist International

Translations

Further reading

• Situationism (psychology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Situationist International on Wikipedia.Wikipedia