Definition of "legalisms" [legalisms]

• Plural form of legalism. (noun)

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• "For me, the unsettling aspect of Singapore isn't their repression, which is subtle and always nicely-dressed in legalisms."
• "So we should tell that you this letter they sent us was full of all kind of legalisms, but it backs up the point of our original reporting."
• "In this political calculus, liberals obsessed by "legalisms" are part of the problem, not part of the solution, and it is no accident that it is firmly in that camp that the former vice-president has been seeking to isolate the new president."