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单词 ritualism
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ritualismn.

Brit. /ˈrɪtʃʊəlɪz(ə)m/, /ˈrɪtʃᵿlɪz(ə)m/, /ˈrɪtʃl̩ɪz(ə)m/, /ˈrɪtjʊəlɪz(ə)m/, /ˈrɪtjᵿlɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈrɪtʃ(əw)əˌlɪz(ə)m/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ritual adj., -ism suffix.
Etymology: < ritual adj. + -ism suffix, after ritualist n. Compare French ritualisme (1829). Compare earlier rituality n.
1.
a. The practice of ritual, esp. regarded as excessive or improper.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > [noun] > study of liturgy
ritualism1838
liturgic1855
liturgiology1863
society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > rule, rubric > [noun] > conformity to > slavish
formalizinga1656
externalness1667
rituality1679
externality1833
ritualism1838
rubricism1840
ecclesiolatry1847
ceremonialism1854
externalism1856
formalism1856
exterioritya1875
liturgism1926
spikery1965
1838 C. C. Hennell Inq. conc. Origin of Christianity xvi. 310 The tendency to ostentatious ritualism amongst the Pharisees.
1871 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 280 The Troubadour hailed the return of spring; but with him it was a piece of empty ritualism.
1920 S. M. Zwemer Moslem Seeker after God viii. 222 It was a reaction from the barren monotheism and the rigid ritualism of Islam.
1983 E. Gellner Nations & Nationalism vii. 92 Whatever combination of conspicuous display, superstition, ritualism, alcoholism or other diversion may be locally favoured.
2002 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 35 156 Thompson was drawn to the Good Templars, where he absorbed a kind of Masonic ritualism.
b. Frequently with capital initial. In the Church of England: the advocacy or practice of (esp. liturgical) ritual more typical of the Catholic Church. Now historical.Chiefly associated with the Oxford Movement (see Oxford Movement n.).
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1851 I. Taylor Wesley & Methodism 304 The adaptation of Romanism—or if we were to use more comprehensive phrases, we should say—sensuous Ritualism, to engage and charm imaginative, sensitive and meditative minds.
1867 J. Jortin Serm. 8 Ritualism, with its ponderous livery, and its multitudinous genuflexions, will drag the church, pulpit and pew, into perdition.
1883 Q. Rev. 156 530 Three years ago Ritualism enjoyed a sort of grudging toleration.
1906 S. Hall Short Hist. Oxf. Movement iv. 242 The most obvious and remarkable development of the Movement is that now known as Ritualism.
1935 ‘G. Orwell’ Clergyman's Daughter i. 75 He won't join in the Anglo-Catholic movement because he thinks they're too fond of ritualism for its own sake.
1972 Times 16 Sept. 14/3 The diocese has a tradition of ritualism which largely explains the humorous description of Anglo-Catholicism.
2002 A. N. Wilson Victorians xxiv. 367 Bryan King had introduced Ritualism to the parish of London Docks.
2. Sociology. Behaviour characterized by a rigid adherence to ritual, rules, or bureaucratic procedure.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > acting according to some standard, fashion, etc. > abiding by institutional norms
ritualism1938
1938 R. K. Merton in Amer. Sociol. Rev. 3 673 Such ritualism may be associated with a mythology which rationalizes these actions.
1955 P. M. Blau Dynamics of Bureaucracy xii. 193 Three variations of displacement of goals were observed, all of which differed from ritualism.
1957 R. K. Merton Social Theory (rev. ed.) ii. v. 184 Ritualism refers to a pattern of response in which culturally defined aspirations are abandoned while ‘one continues to abide almost compulsively by institutional norms’.
1974 H. R. Bobbitt et al. Organizational Behaviour iii. 61 Ritualism appeared to result more from lack of security in important social relationships..than from overidentification with rules or strong habituation.
2000 Sociol. Theory 18 33 Our ritualism lets each individual walk through everyday life with a shell of privacy and forbearance.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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