formalism

Formalism stands for

• generally an emphasis on the external form while neglecting the content of a thing
• Formalized theory , theory in mathematics, the statements of which are obtained through a calculus
• Formalism (mathematics) , direction in the fundamental dispute of mathematics
• Formalism (chemistry) , model in chemistry, which allows predictions without necessarily having a real basis
• New formalism , American, form-conscious poetry movement and current
• Russian formalism , literary theoretical school
• Formalism (art history) , method based on a phenomenological approach
• in the art criticism of socialist realism a term for a different style, see formalism dispute
• Economic ethnology # Formalism , model within economic ethnology

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