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(noun) the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms |
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Related Words: pattern, practice |
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(noun) the doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented |
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Related Words: doctrine, ism, philosophy, school of thought |
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Antonyms: imitation |
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(noun) the philosophical theory that formal (logical or mathematical) statements have no meaning but that its symbols (regarded as physical entities) exhibit a form that has useful applications |
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Related Words: philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory |
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