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formalism : 1. the doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented [ant: imitation]
2. 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
3: the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms
Source: WordNet (r) 1.7
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