formalism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice etc.
One of several alternative computational paradigms for a given theory.
An approach to interpretation and/or evaluation focused on the (usually linguistic) structure of a literary work rather than on the contexts of its origin or reception.
The tendency to elevate formal above expressive value in music, as in serialism.
A particular mathematical or scientific theory or description of a given state or effect.
A formal expression of a grammar; a formal grammar; a set of rules of syntax that, without reference to semantics, determine whether a sequence of symbols is a well-formed sentence in a given formal language.
The ontological view of mathematics as a mere collection of string manipulation rules.

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formalism formalisms

From formal + -ism.

formalist formulism

antiformalism Bird-Meertens formalism canonical formalism neoformalism nonformalism path integral formalism Russian formalism zombie formalism

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