Official formalism. --Sir H. Rawlinson. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Formalism — or formalization is the activity or its product which rigorously follows a set/system of rules previously defined and usually known.It can refer to a set of beliefs in philosophy, art, literature, or music. * Formalism (art) * Formalism (film) *… … Wikipedia
formalism — FORMALÍSM s.n. 1. Orientare în artă, estetică, muzică, literatură care rupe forma de conţinut, tinzând să supraaprecieze forma operei de artă în dauna conţinutului, să considere forma un scop în sine şi nu ca expresie a conţinutului. 2. Atitudine … Dicționar Român
formalism — formalism, formal sociology A branch of sociology usually considered to have been founded by Georg Simmel , which aims to capture the underlying forms of social relations, and thus to provide a ‘geometry of social life’. Simmel distinguished the… … Dictionary of sociology
Formalism — formalism, logical … Philosophy dictionary
formalism — formalism, logical … Philosophy dictionary
formalism — (n.) 1840, strict adherence to prescribed forms, from FORMAL (Cf. formal) + ISM (Cf. ism). Attested from 1943 in reference to the Russian literary movement (1916 30). Related: Formalist; formalistic … Etymology dictionary
formalism — [fôr′məl iz΄əm] n. 1. strict or excessive attention to or insistence on outward forms, as in art, or established traditions, as in religion 2. an instance of this formalist n., adj. formalistic adj … English World dictionary
formalism — formalist, n., adj. formalistic, adj. formalistically, adv. /fawr meuh liz euhm/, n. 1. strict adherence to, or observance of, prescribed or traditional forms, as in music, poetry, and art. 2. Relig. strong attachment to external forms and… … Universalium
Formalism — means a number of different things: A certain school in the philosophy of mathematics, stressing axiomatic proofs through theorems specifically associated with David Hilbert. A school of thought in law and jurisprudence which emphasises the… … Mini philosophy glossary
formalism — An aesthetic and critical theory of art which places emphasis on form the structural qualities instead of either content (sometimes called literal or allegorical qualities) or contextual qualities. According to this point of view, the most… … Glossary of Art Terms
