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laxist

noun, adj — 2 senses

laxist

noun

UK /ˈlaksɪst/

Etymology From lax + -ist.

1

Lifestyle, Religion, Theology Someone promoting lax views or relaxed interpretations of something.

laxist

adj

Etymology From lax + -ist.

1

Lifestyle, Religion, Theology Promoting a lax view or interpretation of something.

  • The Jesuits, it was charged, championed a laxist theology which encouraged rather than deterred sin [...].2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 248:

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