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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


Antonymsimitation

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 categoryphilosophy

3. formalism (act) the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms


Broader (hypernym)pattern, practice









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