Formalism Definition

fôrmə-lĭzəm
noun
Strict or excessive attention to or insistence on outward forms, as in art, or established traditions, as in religion.
Webster's New World
An instance of this.
Webster's New World
An instance of rigorous or excessive adherence to recognized forms.
American Heritage
A method of aesthetic analysis that emphasizes structural elements and artistic techniques rather than content, especially in literary works.
American Heritage
(computing) One of several alternative computational paradigms for a given theory.
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Noun

Singular:
formalism
Plural:
formalisms

Origin of Formalism

  • From formal +‎ -ism.

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