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• the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms

  derivation	formalistic
  hypernym	patternpractice

• (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

  derivation	formalistic
  domain topic	philosophy
  hypernym	philosophical doctrinephilosophical theory

• the doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented

  antonym	imitation
  derivation	formalistic
  hypernym	doctrineismphilosophical systemphilosophyschool of thought