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formalism
noun as in ceremony
noun as in formality
Strongest match
Strong matches
Weak match
noun as in punctiliousness
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He was accused of “formalism,” a catch-all accusation that, like “Trotskyite,” had the ring of execution about it.
The concept is that the formalism of past summits has made meaningful conversation difficult.
Originally trained as a painter, Mthethwa brings a determined visual formalism to the portraits of his subjects in their homes.
The very origin of Khassidism was due to a protest against that cold formalism which excluded everything imaginative.
If there is any bias on the bench that is popularly and justly disliked it is a bias towards formalism and technicalities.
There was a formalism to it, there was pomp and circumstance.
In Islam devotion is a strong point, formalism is its weakness.
Any explanation would be futile of this branch of a forgotten formalism.
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On this page you'll find 57 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to formalism, such as: ceremonial, conformity, decorum, form, formality, and nicety.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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