Meaning of FORMALISM
| Pronunciation: | | 'formu`lizum
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- [n] the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms
- [n] the doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented
- [n] 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
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| | Antonyms: | | imitation | | |
| | See Also: | | doctrine, ism, pattern, philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory, philosophy, practice, school of thought | |
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| | Definition: | | \Form"al*ism\, n.
The practice or the doctrine of strict adherence to, or
dependence on, external forms, esp. in matters of religion.
Official formalism. --Sir H.
Rawlinson.
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| | Definition: | | a school of economic anthropology which argues that if the concepts of formal economic theory are broadened, they can serve as analytic tools for the study of any economic system. |
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