formalism

Noun
  1. The doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented (synset 105970734)
    is a type of: doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought - a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
  2. (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 (synset 105980488)
    referred to in: philosophy - the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
    is a type of: philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory - a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy
  3. The practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms (synset 100412730)
    is a type of: pattern, practice - a customary way of operation or behavior

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