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formalistic

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The exhibit is three people sitting at a table answering phones (specifically not interacting with the gallery) along with formalistic artistic ambiance.

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Quick take

Formalist.

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

Formalist.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for formalistic.

adjective

Formalist.

Example sentences

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The exhibit is three people sitting at a table answering phones (specifically not interacting with the gallery) along with formalistic artistic ambiance.

2

In a formalistic and most desirable case, the prescribed node changes should be specified, versioned, documented and pushed.

3

After taking a formalistic approach they decided to veer away from rigid analytical inquiry and embrace empathy.

4

That's the safest, but it runs up against HN's 80 char limit on titles and also feels clumsy and formalistic.

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Only if you are a large, visible company doing business with other large, visible companies do you need to get formalistic.

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This all might be formalistic oversights for a blog post, but still...your a mid-career executive...this stuff shouldn't be off the radar entirely.

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It was your fault to clinging to out of date notions of formalistic teaching.

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The steps you need to take for all these things can all be very formalistic, very bureaucratic, very German and very dehumanizing.

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One of the great virtues of Anglo culture—one that’s unfortunately been diluted to a great extent in America—is its formalistic, rule following nature.

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Kubrick made great formalistic films, Robert Altman made great naturalistic films.

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This is a very crude and on every level incorrect understanding on how laws work, both in a formalistic, as well as a societal way.

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Peer review still occurs outside of journals, it’s simply less formalistic.

Quote examples

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Getting "money out of politics" in a formalistic way will just lead to corrupt ambitions being facilitated via some other means.

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Saying CDC/HHS/DHS/White House have “no leverage” over platforms is formalistic.

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That's why it always falls back to the same tired formalistic clichês, like "Not this, but that", rampant baiting and sensationalism, because that's what would get high marks from your typical low-rent liberal arts annotator.

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And while on a formalistic, nitpicky level it is a "what are you complaining about with your old box" - in actuality I do find the idea to require a CPU upgrade to run a CSS pre-processor (a CSS pre-processor!

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use formalistic in a sentence?

The exhibit is three people sitting at a table answering phones (specifically not interacting with the gallery) along with formalistic artistic ambiance.

What does formalistic mean?

Formalist.

What part of speech is formalistic?

formalistic is commonly used as adjective.