Formalism Definition & Meaning
formalism
- noun
- 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
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- What does formalism mean?
- 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
- What part of speech is formalism?
- Formalism is a noun.
- How many definitions does formalism have?
- Formalism has 3 definitions across 1 part of speech (noun).