the doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented
(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
the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms
例句
用作名词 (n.)
Formalism is a kind of bureaucratism. 形式主义也是官僚主义。
Formalism and functionalism are distinct research traditions. 形式主义和功能主义是两种截然不同的研究传统。
经典引文
Completely enchained by their dogmatic formalisms.
美
['fɔːrməlɪzəm]
