Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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school of thought | Yes | No | No | No |
formalism | Yes | No | No | No |
school of thought (noun) | formalism (noun) |
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a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school | the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms |
(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 doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented |