formalist
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See also: Formalist
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
formalist (plural formalists)
- An overly formal person, especially one who adheres to current forms; a stickler
- 2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page 225:
- The Besht preached that the simple man, imbued with native faith and able to pray fervently and wholeheartedly with a sense of joy in his heart, was nearer and dearer to God than the learned but joyless formalist spending his whole life in the study of Talmud.
- An advocate of formalism
Derived terms
Translations
overly formal person
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advocate of formalism
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Adjective
formalist (comparative more formalist, superlative most formalist)
- Of or pertaining to formalism; formalistic
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
of or pertaining to formalism
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Further reading
- “formalist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E Smith, editors (1911), “formalist”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- "formalist" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 137.
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: for‧ma‧list
Noun
formalist m (plural formalisten, diminutive formalistje n)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French formaliste.
Adjective
formalist m or n (feminine singular formalistă, masculine plural formaliști, feminine and neuter plural formaliste)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | formalist | formalistă | formaliști | formaliste | |||
| definite | formalistul | formalista | formaliștii | formalistele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | formalist | formaliste | formaliști | formaliste | |||
| definite | formalistului | formalistei | formaliștilor | formalistelor | ||||
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- formàlista (Bosnia, Serbia)
Etymology
From fȏrma.
Pronunciation
Noun
formàlist m (Cyrillic spelling форма̀лист)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | formalist | formalisti |
| genitive | formalista | formalista |
| dative | formalistu | formalistima |
| accusative | formalista | formaliste |
| vocative | formaliste | formalisti |
| locative | formalistu | formalistima |
| instrumental | formalistom | formalistima |
References
- “formalist”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025