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单词 rigidist
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rigidistn.

Brit. /ˈrɪdʒᵻdɪst/, U.S. /ˈrɪdʒədəst/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rigid adj., -ist suffix.
Etymology: < rigid adj. + -ist suffix.
rare in later use.
A person who holds strict views, or who supports the strictest interpretation of any precept, principle, etc.; a rigorist.
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the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > inflexibility > inflexible person
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1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 254 Not that those ancient Orthodox Rigidists..would have the Arians..to be downright persecuted.
a1751 Visct. Bolingbroke Philos. Wks. (1754) III. iv. 329 There are arguments, no doubt..against atheists who reject all religion, latitudinarians who admit all alike, and rigidists who suffer one alone.
1793 A. Geddes tr. J. B. Gresset Ver-Vert (ed. 2) iv. 43 (note) Two celebrated rigidists of the last century.
1841 J. H. Ingraham Quadroone I. i. 13 Reader! If thou art one of those rigidists who look for a moral in a story, and seek after instruction in a legend.., then close these volumes with the reading of this paragraph.
1910 T. O'Donnell Priest of Today ii. 24 The lax tendency and subtle reasoning of certain writers which originated not a few degenerate doctrines, to the great scandal not only of rigidists but even of the ordinary faithful.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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