noun : FORMALISM
Source: WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) the doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented ;
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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 ;
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3. (
) the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms ;
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