pattern vs formalism
formalism vs patternpattern and formalism both are nouns.
pattern is a verb but formalism is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pattern | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| formalism | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
formalism is a hyponym of
pattern; that is, formalism is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
pattern:
- pattern: a customary way of operation or behavior
- formalism: the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms
Other hyponyms of pattern include
biologism, cooperation, featherbedding, one-upmanship, pluralism, symbolisation, symbolism, symbolization, modernism, occult, occult arts, ornamentalism, cannibalism, careerism, custom, usage, usance, habitude, fashion, lobbyism, slaveholding, slavery, peonage, unwritten law, lynch law, mistreatment, nonconformism, calisthenics, callisthenics, papism, popery, quotation, ritual, ritualism, naturism, nudism, systematism, cross dressing, transvestism, transvestitism.
| pattern (noun) | formalism (noun) |
|---|---|
| a customary way of operation or behavior | the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms |
| a decorative or artistic work | (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 |
| a perceptual structure | the doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented |
| a model considered worthy of imitation | |
| something intended as a guide for making something else | |
| something regarded as a normative example | |
| graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle | |
| the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport |
| pattern (verb) | formalism (verb) |
|---|---|
| plan or create according to a model or models | |
| form a pattern |
Words related to "pattern"
- activity
- agree
- approach
- approach path
- approach pattern
- argyle
- argyll
- bear claw
- biologism
- blueprint
- calisthenics
- callisthenics
- cannibalism
- careerism
- check
- code of behavior
- code of conduct
- convention
- cooperation
- copy
- correspond
- cross dressing
- custom
- damascene
- decal
- decalcomania
- decoration
- design
- device
- emblem
- example
- exemplar
- fashion
- featherbedding
- figure
- fit
- form
- formalism
- formula
- fractal
- gestalt
- gibe
- glide path
- glide slope
- good example
- graph
- graphical record
- graphical recording
- grid
- habitude
- herringbone
- herringbone pattern
- imitate
- itinerary
- jibe
- kaleidoscope
- linocut
- lobbyism
- lobe
- lynch law
- mandala
- marking
- match
- mihrab
- mistreatment
- model
- modernism
- mores
- mosaic
- motif
- motive
- naturism
- nonconformism
- normal
- nudism
- occult
- occult arts
- one-upmanship
- ornament
- ornamentalism
- ornamentation
- papism
- path
- peonage
- percept
- perception
- perceptual experience
- plan
- pluralism
- polka dot
- popery
- practice
- program
- programme
- pyrograph
- quotation
- radiation diagram
- radiation pattern
- ritual
- ritualism
- route
- rule
- scale
- screen saver
- shape
- simulate
- slaveholding
- slavery
- sovietise
- sovietize
- strand
- structure
- sunburst
- symbolisation
- symbolism
- symbolization
- systematism
- tally
- tattoo
- tetraskele
- tetraskelion
- traffic pattern
- transvestism
- transvestitism
- triskele
- triskelion
- universal
- unwritten law
- usage
- usance
- weave
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