/ English Dictionary

FORMALISM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("formalism" is a kind of...):

pattern; practice (a customary way of operation or behavior)

Derivation:

formalistic (concerned with or characterized by rigorous adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art))

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("formalism" is a kind of...):

doctrine; ism; philosophical system; philosophy; school of thought (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)

Antonym:

imitation (the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations)

Derivation:

formalistic (concerned with or characterized by rigorous adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art))

Sense 3

Meaning:

(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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("formalism" is a kind of...):

philosophical doctrine; philosophical theory (a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy)

Domain category:

philosophy (the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics)

Derivation:

formalistic (concerned with or characterized by rigorous adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art))

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