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Princeton's WordNet

  1. formalistic, formalized, formalisedadjective

    concerned with or characterized by rigorous adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art)

    "highly formalized plays like `Waiting for Godot'"

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  1. formalisticadjective

    formalist

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  1. formalistic

    Formalistic refers to an approach or style that is marked by adherence to prescribed or external forms, rules, or structures, especially in art, literature, music or critical analysis. It often emphasizes aesthetics, technical aspects, and minute details over emotional content, context, or subjective interpretation.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of formalistic in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of formalistic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of formalistic in a Sentence

  1. Swami Krishnananda:

    What man needs is not philosophy or religion in the academic or formalistic sense of the term, but ability to think rightly. The malady of the age is not absence of philosophy or even irreligion but wrong thinking and a vanity which passes for knowledge. Though it is difficult to define right thinking, it cannot be denied that it is the goal of the aspirations of everyone.

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