formalismo

Definitions of formalismo
  1. noun
    the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms
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    type of:
    pratica, schema
    a customary way of operation or behavior
  2. noun
    the doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented
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    type of:
    dottrina, pensiero, scuola di pensiero, tesi
    a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
  3. 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
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