"legalitarian" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: Blend of legal + egalitarian Etymology templates: {{blend|en|legal|egalitarian}} Blend of legal + egalitarian Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} legalitarian (not comparable)
  1. In favour of legislation as a means of bringing about equality. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: legalitarianism
    Sense id: en-legalitarian-en-adj-0s44ZzKA Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English blends: 57 43 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33

Noun

Forms: legalitarians [plural]
Etymology: Blend of legal + egalitarian Etymology templates: {{blend|en|legal|egalitarian}} Blend of legal + egalitarian Head templates: {{en-noun}} legalitarian (plural legalitarians)
  1. One who promotes such ideas.
    Sense id: en-legalitarian-en-noun-u8lglaK-

Inflected forms

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