formalist

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In the 51-page, partially redacted document, Sir Peter said Harry's lawyers had taken "an inappropriate, formalist interpretation of the Ravec process".

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2024

My dad is a die-hard Beatles fan too — that’s how I learned like, a formalist pop song structure.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2023

Zonana again employs the same formalist approach he used in his stunning debut, "Workforce," with artfully composed still shots that observe the action in a cold, detached manner.

From Salon • Jan. 20, 2023

More than 350 pictures, including many by the leading names of the Ukrainian avant-garde, were immured in the vaults of what is now the National Art Museum in Kyiv, owing to their “counterrevolutionary formalist methods.”

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2022

This is not the prayer of the city-bred formalist.

From Horace and His Influence by Showerman, Grant