Meaning | concerned with or characterized by rigorous adherence to recognized / recognized forms (especially in religion or art). |
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Synonyms | formalized, formalised |
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Category | art, artistic creation, artistic production | The creation of beautiful or significant things |
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religion, faith, religious belief | A strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny |
Nouns | formalism | the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms |
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formalism | (philosophy) the philosophical theory that formal (logical or mathematical) statements have no meaning / meaning but that its symbols (regarded as physical entities) exhibit a form that has useful applications |
formalism | the doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented |