- formalism - the doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented
--1 is a kind of doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism
Antonyms: imitation
- formalism - (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
--2 is a kind of philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory
- formalism - the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms
--3 is a kind of practice, pattern
- formalism - the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms