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Topic: ARTS

formalism

 noun
     
form‧al‧is‧m [uncountable]
ARH a style or method in art, religion, or science that pays a lot attention to the rules and correct forms of something, rather than to inner meanings
—formalist noun [countable] adjective —formalistic adjective
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