practice vs formalism
formalism vs practicepractice and formalism both are nouns.
practice is a verb but formalism is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| practice | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| formalism | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
formalism is a hyponym of
practice; that is, formalism is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
practice:
- practice: a customary way of operation or behavior
- formalism: the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms
Other hyponyms of practice 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.
| practice (noun) | formalism (noun) |
|---|---|
| a customary way of operation or behavior | the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms |
| systematic training by multiple repetitions | (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 |
| the exercise of a profession | the doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented |
| translating an idea into action | |
| knowledge of how something is usually done |
| practice (verb) | formalism (verb) |
|---|---|
| learn by repetition | |
| engage in a rehearsal (of) | |
| carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions | |
| avail oneself to | |
| engage in or perform |
Words related to "practice"
- Australian spelling
- British spelling
- Canadian spelling
- activity
- apply
- biologism
- brushup
- calisthenics
- callisthenics
- cannibalism
- careerism
- cognition
- commit
- consultancy
- convention
- cooperation
- cosmetology
- cross dressing
- custom
- dental practice
- do
- do work
- drill
- dry run
- effectuation
- employ
- employment
- engage
- execute
- exercise
- fashion
- featherbedding
- fire drill
- follow
- formalism
- formula
- get the hang
- grooming
- habitude
- heritage
- implementation
- knowledge
- law practice
- learn
- lobbyism
- lynch law
- manual
- manual of arms
- master
- medical practice
- military drill
- mistreatment
- modernism
- naturism
- noesis
- nonconformism
- normal
- nudism
- occult
- occult arts
- one-upmanship
- optometry
- ornamentalism
- papism
- pattern
- peonage
- perform
- performing arts
- pluralism
- popery
- practical
- practice session
- practise
- praxis
- preparation
- private practice
- prosecute
- pursue
- quotation
- read
- recitation
- rehearsal
- rehearse
- review
- ritual
- ritualism
- rule
- scrimmage
- shadowboxing
- shamanise
- shamanize
- slaveholding
- slavery
- study
- symbolisation
- symbolism
- symbolization
- systematism
- take
- target practice
- tradition
- training
- transvestism
- transvestitism
- unwritten law
- usage
- usance
- use
- utilisation
- utilise
- utilization
- utilize
- walk through
- witching
- work
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