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Far from creating a new formalism, what these can yield is something far transcending surface values since they not only embody form as beauty, but also form in which intuitions or ideas or conjectures have taken visible substance.
Max Bill

Meaning of "formalism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FORMALISM

formalism  [ˈfɔːməˌlɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FORMALISM

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Formalism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FORMALISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Formalism

Formalism may refer to: ▪ Form ▪ Formal ▪ Legal formalism, legal positivist view that the substantive justice of a law is a question for the legislature rather than the judiciary ▪ Formalism ▪ Scientific formalism ▪ Formalism, that there is no transcendent meaning to a discipline other than the literal content created by a practitioner ▪ Religious formalism, an emphasis on the ritual and observance of religion, rather than its meaning. ▪ Formalism, that statements of mathematics and logic can be thought of as statements about the consequences of certain string manipulation rules. ▪ Formalism, that a work's artistic value is entirely determined by its form ▪ Formalism ▪ Formalist film theory, focused on the formal, or technical, elements of a film ▪ Formalism ▪ Russian formalism, school of literary criticism in Russia from the 1910s to the 1930s...

Definition of formalism in the English dictionary

The first definition of formalism in the dictionary is scrupulous or excessive adherence to outward form at the expense of inner reality or content. Other definition of formalism is the mathematical or logical structure of a scientific argument as distinguished from its subject matter. Formalism is also the notation, and its structure, in which information is expressed.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FORMALISM


brutalism
ˈbruːtəˌlɪzəm
capitalism
ˈkæpɪtəˌlɪzəm
colonialism
kəˈləʊnɪəˌlɪzəm
embolism
ˈɛmbəˌlɪzəm
imperialism
ɪmˈpɪərɪəˌlɪzəm
journalism
ˈdʒɜːnəˌlɪzəm
liberalism
ˈlɪbərəˌlɪzəm
literalism
ˈlɪtərəˌlɪzəm
materialism
məˈtɪərɪəˌlɪzəm
metabolism
mɪˈtæbəˌlɪzəm
minimalism
ˈmɪnɪməˌlɪzəm
nationalism
ˈnæʃənəˌlɪzəm
Orientalism
ˌɔːrɪˈɛntəˌlɪzəm
photojournalism
ˌfəʊtəʊˈdʒɜːnəˌlɪzəm
professionalism
prəˈfɛʃənəˌlɪzəm
realism
ˈrɪəˌlɪzəm
socialism
ˈsəʊʃəˌlɪzəm
surrealism
səˈrɪəˌlɪzəm
symbolism
ˈsɪmbəˌlɪzəm
vandalism
ˈvændəˌlɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FORMALISM

formal logic
formal mode
formal system
formal theory
formaldehyde
formalin
formaline
formalisable
formalisation
formaliser
formalist
formalistic
formalistically
formaliter
formalities
formality
formalizable
formalization
formalize
formalizer

WORDS THAT END LIKE FORMALISM

alcoholism
cannibalism
citizen journalism
communalism
environmentalism
essentialism
factionalism
federalism
fundamentalism
idealism
industrialism
initialism
intellectualism
multiculturalism
multilateralism
mutualism
pastoralism
photorealism
pluralism
spiritualism
traditionalism

Synonyms and antonyms of formalism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «formalism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FORMALISM

Find out the translation of formalism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of formalism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «formalism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

形式主义
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

formalismo
570 millions of speakers

English

formalism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रीतिवाद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الشكلية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

формализм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

formalismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লৌকিকতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

formalisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Formalisme
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Formalismus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

形式主義
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

형식주의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Formalisme
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thói câu nệ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நடைமுறை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

औपचारिकता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şekilcilik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

formalismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

formalizm
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

формалізм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

formalism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φορμαλισμό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

formalisme
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

formalism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

formalisme
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of formalism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FORMALISM»

The term «formalism» is quite widely used and occupies the 39.695 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FORMALISM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about formalism

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2 QUOTES WITH «FORMALISM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word formalism.
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Felix Adler
The exercises of our meeting are to be simple and devoid of all ceremonial and formalism.
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Max Bill
Far from creating a new formalism, what these can yield is something far transcending surface values since they not only embody form as beauty, but also form in which intuitions or ideas or conjectures have taken visible substance.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FORMALISM»

Discover the use of formalism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to formalism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Thermodynamic Formalism: The Mathematical Structure of ...
Reissued in the Cambridge Mathematical Library this classic book outlines the theory of thermodynamic formalism which was developed to describe the properties of certain physical systems consisting of a large number of subunits.
David Ruelle, 2004
2
Formalism and Marxism
Placing the work of key figures in context and addressing such issues as aesthetics, linguistics and the category of literature, literary form and function and literary evolution, Bennett argues that the Formalists' concerns provided the ...
Tony Bennett, 2004
3
Formalism and the Sources of International Law: A Theory of ...
This book advocates a return to a more formal way of determining what is and isn't international law, and suggests ways in which this formalism can be modernized
Jean d'Aspremont, 2011
4
Reader-Response Criticism: From Formalism to Post-Structuralism
This book is a complete, up-to-date, annotated bibliography of reader-oriented work, both theoretical and applied, makes this anthology an excellent guide to reader-response criticism.
Jane P. Tompkins, 1980
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Framing Formalism: Riegl's Work
First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Richard Woodfield, 2001
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Classical Mechanics: Hamiltonian and Lagrangian Formalism
This book considers the basics facts of Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics, as well as related topics, such as canonical transformations, integral invariants, potential motion in geometric setting, symmetries, the Noether theorem and ...
Alexei Deriglazov, 2010
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After new formalism: poets on form, narrative, and tradition
From the Introduction "Over the years the mission and focus of this book changed to include thoughtful essays by poets engaging with formalism from outside its confines, as well as by younger poets who came to formalism with a more ...
Annie Finch, 1999
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Structuralism, Formalism and Functionalism
Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject English - Grammar, Style, Working Technique, grade: 1,0, Free University of Berlin (Institut fur Englische Philologie), course: Levels of Linguistic Analysis: Theorie and Grammar, language: ...
Franz Kr Ber, Franz Kröber, 2013
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Formalism, Experience, and the Making of American Literature ...
Additionally, these authors locate the form of the literary work in the domain of abstract experience, projected out of - not embodied in - the text.
Theo Davis, 2007
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Rosalind Krauss and American Philosophical Art Criticism: ...
Studies the work of the most original and influential present-day art critic, tracing her development from her formalist writings in the 1960s through the post-structuralism of the current academic climate.
David Carrier, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FORMALISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term formalism is used in the context of the following news items.
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FULL TEXT “Cross the Jordan. Don't Retreat”: Adventist News Network
Cross the Jordan, don't retreat into skepticism, higher criticism, fanaticism or formalism! One of these days very soon, we will look up and see a ... «Adventist News Network, Jul 15»
2
Senior leader urges stricter anti-graft rules for CPC members|WCT
An eight-point rule was introduced at the end of 2012 by the CPC to address bureaucracy, formalism and extravagance, banning lavish ... «WantChinaTimes, Jul 15»
3
Supreme Court gay marriage: What Kennedy's opinion should have …
But “law reaches past formalism.” Lee v. Weisman (1992) (Kennedy, J.). Sexual intimacy is part of the core of marriage as a legal and social ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
4
Review: Berlin Silver Bear Winner 'Stations Of The Cross'
But "Stations of the Cross" hiding behind its neat formalism, is all over the place in terms of who and what it's contemptuous of: first the ... «Indie Wire, Jul 15»
5
Why Do Puddles Stop Spreading? | Lab Manager
They introduce a mathematical formalism involving non-hydrodynamic interactions between the liquid and solid and use this within a thin-film ... «Lab Manager Magazine, Jul 15»
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Shady character: how Stephen Shore taught America to see in living …
If this formalism looks forward to the more obsessive serialism of his American Surfaces, where he photographed the food he ate every day and ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
7
Your Views: Don't forget how hard the Roman Empire fell
... of gigantic armaments, when the real enemy was within; and the decay of religious faith that faded into formalism and became impotent. «Gazettextra, Jul 15»
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Viktor & Rolf Fall 2015 Couture Fashion Show: Runway Review …
... and Snoeren seem continuously intrigued by exploring how formalism and absurdity combine to produce something unquestionably artistic. «Style.com, Jul 15»
9
Why do puddles stop spreading?
They introduce a mathematical formalism involving non-hydrodynamic interactions between the liquid and solid and use this within a thin-film ... «MIT News, Jul 15»
10
An Artist's Farewell to a Self-Made New York Gallerist
Zombie formalism. Together Monya or I could be caught binge-watching VHS copies of Piero Paolo Pasolini, Virginie Despentes, Robert ... «Hyperallergic, Jul 15»

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