|noun|
1.(in the theatre) a symbolic and stylized manner of production.
2.A description of something in formal mathematical or logical terms.
‘there is a _formalism_ which expresses the idea of superposition’
‘However, the formalisms that I'd learned in 1968 were out of date, and I understood only vaguely what the new ideas were and how they had been motivated.’
3.Concern or excessive concern with form and technique rather than content in artistic creation.
‘They used their bodies to challenge modernist _formalism_ , traditional relationships between artist and medium, and the boundaries between artist, spectator, and mass culture.’
‘His music combined dazzling bursts of musical light with Gallic elegance and the rigorous _formalism_ of a classicist.’
4.Excessive adherence to prescribed forms.
‘academic dryness and _formalism_ ’
‘Financial services in Bulgaria are still branded by _formalism_ , bureaucracy and lack of interest, analysts said.’
5.The basing of ethics on the form of the moral law without regard to intention or consequences.
‘Gadamer uses Kant's aesthetic _formalism_ to illustrate this point.’
‘For students steeped in late classical _formalism_ , myself included, Lachmann's message of radical subjectivism was strange stuff indeed.’
6.The treatment of mathematics as a manipulation of meaningless symbols.
‘He approaches the subject with a physics-first attitude that allows the student to get to the fun parts without spending months learning _formalism_ .’
‘He has also made this _formalism_ more useful for practical calculations.’
7.The use of forms of worship without regard to inner significance.
‘After decades of dead _formalism_ in denominational churches, the charismatic movement seemed to bring great spiritual freedom.’
‘Juridical _formalism_ is but a substitute for religious _formalism_ .’
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