ergoismn.
/ˈəːɡəʊɪz(ə)m/ Pedantic adherence to logically constructed rules.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > [noun]
subtilitya1425
subtilty1569
niceness1580
ob1588
curiosity1605
ergotism1656
refinery1746
over-subtlety1833
ergoism1864
subtileness1867
pilpul1894
1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad II. 262 All [Law's] suggestions were subject to that ‘ergoism’, as it is aptly termed, of the French.
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