formalism
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- 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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| 6 | pharisaism | 5 | 0 |
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| 2 | formal | 2 | 48 |
| 3 | realism | 3 | 24 |
| 4 | journalism | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | formations | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | formalities | 4 | 2 |
| 7 | formalize | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | formality | 4 | 2 |
| 9 | formalized | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | federalism | 5 | 2 |
| 11 | formats | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | formalist | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | formalizes | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | moralism | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | informals | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | somalis | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | florals | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | normalizes | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | malis | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | fraim | 1 | 0 |
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Intuition and Formalism in David Bessis’s “Mathematica” – Hari Jagannathan Balasubramanian
Mar 30, 2025 websites.umass.edu
Mar 30, 2025 websites.umass.edu
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The Real Roots of Formalism in Chinese Bureaucracy
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