Formalist

Word FORMALIST
Character 9
Hyphenation form al ist
Pronunciations /ˈfɔɹml̩ˌɪst/

Definitions and meanings of "Formalist"

What do we mean by formalist?

An overly formal person, especially one who adheres to current forms; a stickler

An advocate of formalism

Synonyms and Antonyms for Formalist

The word "formalist" in example sentences

It might for someone like me, or like Justice White (both of us are strongly legal realist in our orientation, as you may have guessed) but the point of being a formalist is that if you don't play by the rules, you don't get the result you are seeking. ❋ Unknown (2003)

News at Eleven: Richard Wilbur is regarded, not always to his liking, as a leading "formalist"--"formal" can be found near "formaldehyde" in the dictionary, he jokes--a master of traditional, tempered verse that can seem old-fashioned in more radical times. ❋ Rus Bowden (2007)

Frankenthaler's works were true to this so-called formalist aesthetic. ❋ Eric Gibson (2011)

Of all people, a formalist will be the last to say otherwise. ❋ Unknown (2007)

It wouldn't do, for example, to substitute "formalist" for "legal conservative" here, because that term is too narrow: the late Chief Justice, of course, was a "legal conservative," but whatever one could say about Rehnquist, I don't think that he could honestly be called a formalist. ❋ Ann Althouse (2007)

This "close reading" may seem deliberately old-fashioned and "formalist," because it is. ❋ Unknown (1993)

Remizov; they were taught (in the very precise sense of the word -- they had regular classes) by Zamyatin; and explained the general principles of Art by the gifted and light-minded young "formalist" critic, Victor Shklovsky. ❋ Boris Pilniak (1915)

"Zhdanov decree" of 1948., the 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op 87, (1951) was also criticized at the Composer's union for being too abstract and "formalist". ❋ Unknown (2010)

Like the younger composer he also stepped over the mark on occasion and was branded a "formalist" before apologies and conformist material re-established a secure position, though he was never able to fully express himself under these conditions. ❋ Nhocdien12345 (2010)

It will also give us real insights into whether there is a working majority on the court for a "formalist" approach to the separation of powers. ❋ Paul Clement (2010)

Often described as the return of content, it can be so named only by someone who thinks that abstract painting is devoid of content or that Edward Weston's "formalist" photos have nothing to say about the landscapes, vegetables, and nudes they picture. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This led to the composer being severely criticised as "formalist" in the notorious ❋ Unknown (2010)

After years of working in the "formalist," dodecaphonic style and later with Russian and Eastern folk music and electronic and rock music, his incessant search for spiritual truth and musical innovation brought him to Russian Orthodoxy at the end of the 1970s.

Wylie's poem assumes the "formalist" view of mathematics, as summed up by Bertrand Russell: ❋ Unknown (2009)

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