前ぜん例れい主しゅ義ぎ

noun

precedentism; reliance on precedent

Often used critically to describe an organization or person that insists on following past examples rather than innovating or adapting.

• 前ぜん例れい主しゅ義ぎでは新あたらしい問もん題だいに対たい応おうできない。

  You can't deal with new problems by just following precedent.

• 役やく所しょの前ぜん例れい主しゅ義ぎにうんざりしている。

  I'm fed up with the bureaucracy's reliance on precedent.