formalism
英 ['fɔːm(ə)lɪz(ə)m]
美['fɔrməlɪzəm]
- n. 形式主义；形式体系
英英释意
- 1. the doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented
- 2. (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
- 3. the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms