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laxist|ˈlæksɪst|
[f. lax a. + -ist.]
One who favours lax views or interpretation: spec. the designation given by modern historians to the school of casuists in the Roman church who maintained that it was justifiable to follow any probability, however slight, in favour of liberty. Also attrib.
1865F. Oakeley in Ess. Relig. & Lit. 144 One of two extreme attitudes; that of unpractical theorists, on the one hand, or that of practical laxists on the other. 1882Littledale in Encycl. Brit. XIV. 638/2 Some of the stricter casuists say so, but Liguori sides with the laxists. 1884Ch. Times 366/2 There is a disastrous recommendation of the laxist school in handling moral questions. 1890Guardian 7 May 741/1 There have been ‘rigorist’ and ‘laxist’ views on points of morals and discipline. |