Defenition of the word formalism

• Defenition of the word formalism

  • Strict observance of the established rules.
  • An emphasis on form over content or meaning in the arts, literature, or philosophy.
  • One of several alternative computational paradigms for a given theory.
  • the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms
  • the doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented
  • 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
  • (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

Hypernyms for the word formalism

• • doctrine
  • ism
  • pattern
  • philosophical doctrine
  • philosophical system
  • philosophical theory
  • philosophy
  • practice
  • school of thought

Antonyms for the word formalism

• • imitation

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