formalizem
1. formalizem
the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms [praksa skrupulozne zvestobe predpisanim ali zunanjim oblikam.]
2. formalizem
the doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented [doktrina, da je formalna struktura, ne pa vsebina, tisto, kar bi jo bilo treba predstaviti.]
3. formalizem
(philosophy) 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 [(filozofija) filozofska teorija, da formalne (logične ali matematične) izjave nimajo pomena, vendar pa njihovi simboli (predstavljeni kot fizična telesa) izkazujejo obliko, ki ima uporabno vrednost.]