[f. as prec. + -ISM.] Pedantic adherence to logically constructed rules.
1864. Burton, Scot Abr., II. 262. All his [Law’s] suggestions were subject to that ‘ergoism,’ as it is aptly termed, of the French.
[f. as prec. + -ISM.] Pedantic adherence to logically constructed rules.
1864. Burton, Scot Abr., II. 262. All his [Law’s] suggestions were subject to that ‘ergoism,’ as it is aptly termed, of the French.
