formalism
English
/ˈfɔːməlɪz(ə)m/, /ˈfɔɹml̩ˌɪzm̩/
noun
Definitions
- Strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice etc.
- (computing) One of several alternative computational paradigms for a given theory.
- (literature) An approach to interpretation and/or evaluation focused on the (usually linguistic) structure of a literary work rather than on the contexts of its origin or reception.
- (music) The tendency to elevate formal above expressive value in music, as in serialism.
- (mathematics) A particular mathematical or scientific theory or description of a given state or effect.
- (linguistics) A formal expression of a grammar; a formal grammar; a set of rules of syntax that, without reference to semantics, determine whether a sequence of symbols is a well-formed sentence in a given formal language.
Etymology
Suffix from English formal.
Origin
English
formal
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiformalism English
- formal English
- formalish English
- formalist English
- formality English
- formalization English
- formalize English
- formally English
- formalness English
- formalwear English
- hyperformal English
- informal English
- microformal English
- neoformalism English
- nonformal English
- nonformalism English
- overformal English
- postformal English
- pseudoformal English
- semiformal English
- unformal English
- formalismi Finnish
- formalis Latin
- formel Middle English
- פורמלי Hebrew (modern)