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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Formalism \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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: formalism n 1: the doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented [ant: {imitation}] 2: 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 3: the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms
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