formalistic
pronunciation
How to pronounce formalistic in British English:
UK [ˌfɔ:mə'lɪstɪk]
How to pronounce formalistic in American English:
US [ˌfɔməl'ɪstɪk]
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- Adjective:
- concerned with or characterized by rigorous or adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art)
Word Origin
- formalistic (adj.)
- 1846; see formalism + -istic.
Example
- 1. Clement greenberg supported pollock 's work on formalistic grounds .
- 2. Art dedicated itself more and more to an internalised formalistic .
- 3. Sports conception ; formalistic logic ; modern categorical theory ; daily sports language .
- 4. His musical aesthetic outlook did not only stablish the independence of music but was considered as a bridge of the western formalistic criticism between tradition and the modern times .
- 5. But , as collectivistic organizations such as corporation emerges and national states enforce : formalistic value judgment through private law , this humanism comes under threat and to destruction .