English dictionary

formalism

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Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

the doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented

noun.cognition

Antonyms imitation

Source: WordNet 3.0
(philosophy) the philosophical theory that formal (logical or mathematical) statements have no meaning but that its symbols (regarded as physical entities) exhibit a form that has useful applications

noun.cognition

Source: WordNet 3.0
the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms

noun.act

Source: WordNet 3.0
The practice or the doctrine of strict adherence to, or dependence on, external forms, esp. in matters of religion.

noun

Source: webster1913