ADJECTIVE | pert | formalistic, formalized, formalised | concerned with or characterized by rigorous adherence to recognized / recognized forms (especially in religion or art) |
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Meaning | concerned with or characterized by rigorous adherence to recognized / recognized forms (especially in religion or art). | |
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Synonyms | formalized, formalised | |
Category | art, artistic creation, artistic production | The creation of beautiful or significant things |
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 |
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 |
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