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formalistic
adjective as in academic
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Strong match
Weak matches
adjective as in formal
adjective as in hypothetic
adjective as in inkhorn
adjective as in pedantical
adjective as in punctilious
adjective as in ritualistic
Weak matches
adjective as in structural
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adjective as in theoretic
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- abstract
- academic
- analytical
- as a premise
- assumed
- codified
- conjectural
- contingent
- formularized
- general
- hypothetic
- hypothetical
- ideal
- idealized
- ideational
- ideological
- imaginative
- impractical
- in the abstract
- in theory
- instanced
- intellectual
- logical
- metaphysical
- notional
- on paper
- pedantic
- philosophical
- postulated
- presumed
- problematical
- pure
- quixotic
- speculative
- suppositional
- tentative
- transcendent
- transcendental
- unearthly
- unproved
- unsubstantiated
- vague
adjective as in theoretical
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Weak matches
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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