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English noun: formalism | |||
| 1. | formalism (cognition) the doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought | ||
| Antonyms | imitation | ||
| 2. | formalism (cognition) (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 | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory | ||
| Domain category | philosophy | ||
| 3. | formalism (act) the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | pattern, practice | ||
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