formalistic
IPA: fˈɔrmʌɫˈɪstɪk
adjective
- Formalist.
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Examples of "formalistic" in Sentences
- 'formalistic' in a given case to partisans of the measure at issue, because such measures are typically the product of the era's perceived necessity.
- These two responses give us versions of fictionalism that, for lack of a better pair of terms, can be called formalistic fictionalism and intention-based fictionalism.
- The result may appear "formalistic" in a given case to partisans of the measure at issue, because such measures are typically the product of the era's perceived necessity.
- No state and no single politician can suppress or evade the moral and political obligations that these Articles impose by taking refuge in formalistic arguments couched in terms of international law.
- As mentioned earlier, theoretical discussions of political representation have focused mainly on the formal procedures of authorization and accountability within nation states, that is, on what Pitkin called formalistic representation.
- So, Natasha's flaw is in attributing to a kind of formalistic mistake, a technical flaw in the construction of the show, what should rightly be read into ours and Weiner's very schizophrenia about the 60s, equality, consumerism, the American Dream - the whole kit and caboodle.
- John Hannah, who served as Vice President Dick Cheney's national security adviser said, "As good as the relationship was in the Bush administration, the interagency strategic dialogue was useful, but tended to be formalistic, which is different than high-level strategic consultations.
- The emphasis on cheesiness in Coeur de Lion and on the 'bad bad' in Minnis seem to me to be wanting to mobilise our ideas of the 'poorly written', the 'formalistic', the 'faux-edgy' as these things themselves are sort of the contraband property of poetry and literature in this time and place.
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