DICTIONARY ENTRY
3 SYLLABLES
formalism
/'fɔrmə,lɪzəm/ · fɔrməlɪzəm
Formalism has 3 syllables: for · mal · ism.
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noun. (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.
noun. The doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented.
noun. The practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms.
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