formalism

Words with a similar base: formalism

'formalism'

[formalism.n.01] as in: the doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented

'formalism'

[formalism.n.02] as in: (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

'formalism'

[formalism.n.03] as in: the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms

Origins

					formalism (English)
├── -ism (English)
└── formal (English)
    └── formel (Middle English (1100-1500))
        └── formel (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
            └── formalis (Latin)
                └── forma (Latin)
                    └── μόρφα (Ancient Greek (to 1453))

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