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formalistic

ADJECTIVE

academic

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abstract hypothetical theoretical

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closet

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conjectural notional speculative

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factual proven real

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ignorant ordinary plain practical simple untaught

ADJECTIVE

formal

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academic ceremonial explicit legal precise proper solemn strict

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express official regular ritual set

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approved ceremonialistic ceremonious confirmed conventional decorous directed fixed lawful methodical prescribed pro forma punctilious rigid ritualistic stately stereotyped stereotypical systematic

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ambiguous inaccurate indefinite ordinary

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customary disorderly informal normal relaxed unaffected

ADJECTIVE

hypothetic

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abstract academic analytical as a premise assumed codified conjectural contingent formularized general hypothetical ideal idealized ideational ideological imaginative impractical in the abstract in theory instanced intelle

ADJECTIVE

inkhorn

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abstruse academic arid bookish didactic doctrinaire donnish dry dull egotistic erudite formal fussy hairsplitting learned literary nit-picking ostentatious overnice particular pedagogic pedantical pompous priggish punctilious scholastic schoolish sententious stilted

ADJECTIVE

pedantical

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abstruse academic arid bookish didactic doctrinaire donnish dry dull egotistic erudite formal fussy hairsplitting inkhorn learned literary nit-picking ostentatious overnice particular pedagogic pompous priggish punctilious scholastic schoolish sententious stilted

ADJECTIVE

punctilious

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ceremonious conscientious conscionable conventional exact formal fussy good eye heedful meticulous nice observant overconscientious overscrupulous painstaking particular persnickety precise proper punctual right on scrupulous strict

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careless easygoing informal uncaring

ADJECTIVE

ritualistic

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ceremonial conventional established reverent

ADJECTIVE

structural

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anatomical architectural basic constitutional skeletal

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anatomic constructural formational formative organic tectonic

ADJECTIVE

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

theoretical

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abstract academic analytical imaginative intellectual logical metaphysical philosophical speculative vague

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as a premise assumed codified conjectural contingent formularized general ideal idealized ideational ideological impractical in the abstract in theory instanced notional on paper pedantic postulated presumed problematical pure quixotic suppositional tentative transcendent transcendental unearthly unproved unsubstantiated

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concrete ignorant illogical material objective physical real simple

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certain definite factual proven

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The argument advanced by the IRS is a formalistic one that results in an absurdity: Cryptocurrency wasn’t explicitly included in the list of items that meet the “readily valued property” exemption to the appraisal rules.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Kabalevsky succumbed to Stalin’s decrees against formalistic art, and he has never been taken seriously in the West.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2025

As a filmmaker, Hogg is a seemingly incongruous blend of free-flowing and formalistic.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 27, 2021

They are alike only in rather rudimentary, formalistic ways.

From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2019

Since he thus reduces beauty to abstract relations he is known as a formalist, and the founder of the formalistic school in aesthetics.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

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"Hamlet's Dull Revenge," Vocabulary from the literary criticism

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Vocabulary lists containing formalistic

"Hamlet's Dull Revenge," Vocabulary from the literary criticism