"formalism" meaning in All languages combined

See formalism on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfɔːməlɪz(ə)m/ [UK], /ˈfɔɹml̩ˌɪzm̩/ [US] Forms: formalisms [plural]
Etymology: From formal + -ism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|formal|ism}} formal + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} formalism (countable and uncountable, plural formalisms)
  1. Strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice etc. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.): фармалі́зм (farmalízm) [masculine] (Belarusian), формали́зъм (formalízǎm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 形式主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 形式主义 (xíngshìzhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), formalismus [masculine] (Czech), formalismi (Finnish), formalisme [masculine] (French), ფორმალიზმი (pormalizmi) (Georgian), Formalismus [masculine] (German), formalizmus (Hungarian), formalismo [masculine] (Italian), 形式主義 (keishikishugi) (alt: けいしきしゅぎ) (Japanese), формализм (formalizm) (Kazakh), формализам (formalizam) [masculine] (Macedonian), formalisma (Northern Sami), formalizm [masculine] (Polish), formalismo [masculine] (Portuguese), formalism [neuter] (Romanian), формали́зм (formalízm) [masculine] (Russian), формализам [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), formalizam [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), formalizmus [masculine] (Slovak), formalismo [masculine] (Spanish), формалі́зм (formalízm) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-formalism-en-noun-bDiRqUTx Disambiguation of 'strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.': 57 15 1 1 15 11 1
  2. (computing) One of several alternative computational paradigms for a given theory. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-formalism-en-noun-ojT2piXr Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  3. (literature) An approach to interpretation and/or evaluation focused on the (usually linguistic) structure of a literary work rather than on the contexts of its origin or reception. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Literature Translations (literature: structural approach to interpretation): 形式主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 形式主义 (xíngshìzhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), формализм (formalizm) (Kazakh), formalizm [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-formalism-en-noun-n1inkvq4 Topics: literature, media, publishing Disambiguation of 'literature: structural approach to interpretation': 3 10 39 10 15 18 5
  4. (music) The tendency to elevate formal above expressive value in music, as in serialism. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Music Translations (music: tendency to elevate formal above expressive value): 形式主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 形式主义 (xíngshìzhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), формализм (formalizm) (Kazakh)
    Sense id: en-formalism-en-noun-~K-2Nfs8 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'music: tendency to elevate formal above expressive value': 3 7 4 58 5 18 3
  5. (mathematics, physics) A particular mathematical or scientific theory or description of a given state or effect. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics, Physics Translations (mathematics, physics: a particular theory or description of a state of affairs): 形式主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 形式主义 (xíngshìzhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), формализм (formalizm) (Kazakh)
    Sense id: en-formalism-en-noun-cT4DriFh Topics: mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, sciences Disambiguation of 'mathematics, physics: a particular theory or description of a state of affairs': 4 12 4 6 45 23 6
  6. (linguistics, computing, mathematics) A formal expression of a grammar; a formal grammar; a set of rules of syntax that, without reference to semantics, determine whether a sequence of symbols is a well-formed sentence in a given formal language. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing, Linguistics, Mathematics
    Sense id: en-formalism-en-noun-M~1VEfS5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 16 6 13 12 45 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 10 16 8 12 10 36 8 Topics: computing, engineering, human-sciences, linguistics, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  7. (philosophy of mathematics) The ontological view of mathematics as a mere collection of string manipulation rules. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-formalism-en-noun-WMqpPUC8 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: canonical formalism, path integral formalism Related terms: formalist, formulism

Noun [Romanian]

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], formalism [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], un formalism [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], formalismul [accusative, definite, nominative, singular], formalism [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], unui formalism [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], formalismului [dative, definite, genitive, singular], formalismule [singular, vocative]
Etymology: Borrowed from French formalisme. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|ro|fr|formalisme|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} French formalisme, {{bor+|ro|fr|formalisme}} Borrowed from French formalisme Head templates: {{ro-noun|n|-}} formalism n (uncountable) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun-single|g=n|gpd=formalismelor|gpi=formalisme|gsd=formalismului|gsi=formalism|n=sg|npd=formalismele|npi=formalisme|nsd=formalismul|nsi=formalism|vp=formalismelor|vs=formalismule}}
  1. formalism Tags: neuter, uncountable
    Sense id: en-formalism-ro-noun-bVXxOJyZ Categories (other): Romanian entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for formalism meaning in All languages combined (15.9kB)

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "canonical formalism"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "path integral formalism"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "formal",
        "3": "ism"
      },
      "expansion": "formal + -ism",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From formal + -ism.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "formalisms",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "formalism (countable and uncountable, plural formalisms)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "formalist"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "formulism"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice etc."
      ],
      "id": "en-formalism-en-noun-bDiRqUTx",
      "links": [
        [
          "adherence",
          "adherence"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "57 15 1 1 15 11 1",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "farmalízm",
          "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "фармалі́зм"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 15 1 1 15 11 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "formalízǎm",
          "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "формали́зъм"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 15 1 1 15 11 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
          "word": "形式主義"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 15 1 1 15 11 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xíngshìzhǔyì",
          "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
          "word": "形式主义"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 15 1 1 15 11 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "formalismus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 15 1 1 15 11 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
          "word": "formalismi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 15 1 1 15 11 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "formalisme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 15 1 1 15 11 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "pormalizmi",
          "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
          "word": "ფორმალიზმი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 15 1 1 15 11 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Formalismus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 15 1 1 15 11 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
          "word": "formalizmus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 15 1 1 15 11 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "formalismo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 15 1 1 15 11 1",
          "alt": "けいしきしゅぎ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "keishikishugi",
          "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
          "word": "形式主義"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 15 1 1 15 11 1",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "formalizm",
          "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
          "word": "формализм"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 15 1 1 15 11 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "formalizam",
          "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "формализам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 15 1 1 15 11 1",
          "code": "se",
          "lang": "Northern Sami",
          "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
          "word": "formalisma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 15 1 1 15 11 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "formalizm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 15 1 1 15 11 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "formalismo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 15 1 1 15 11 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "formalism"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 15 1 1 15 11 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "formalízm",
          "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "формали́зм"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 15 1 1 15 11 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "формализам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 15 1 1 15 11 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "formalizam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 15 1 1 15 11 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "formalizmus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 15 1 1 15 11 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "formalismo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 15 1 1 15 11 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "formalízm",
          "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "формалі́зм"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "en:Computing",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One of several alternative computational paradigms for a given theory."
      ],
      "id": "en-formalism-en-noun-ojT2piXr",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) One of several alternative computational paradigms for a given theory."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Literature",
          "orig": "en:Literature",
          "parents": [
            "Culture",
            "Entertainment",
            "Writing",
            "Society",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An approach to interpretation and/or evaluation focused on the (usually linguistic) structure of a literary work rather than on the contexts of its origin or reception."
      ],
      "id": "en-formalism-en-noun-n1inkvq4",
      "links": [
        [
          "literature",
          "literature"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literature) An approach to interpretation and/or evaluation focused on the (usually linguistic) structure of a literary work rather than on the contexts of its origin or reception."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "literature",
        "media",
        "publishing"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 10 39 10 15 18 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "literature: structural approach to interpretation",
          "word": "形式主義"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 10 39 10 15 18 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xíngshìzhǔyì",
          "sense": "literature: structural approach to interpretation",
          "word": "形式主义"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 10 39 10 15 18 5",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "formalizm",
          "sense": "literature: structural approach to interpretation",
          "word": "формализм"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 10 39 10 15 18 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "literature: structural approach to interpretation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "formalizm"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "en:Music",
          "parents": [
            "Art",
            "Sound",
            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The tendency to elevate formal above expressive value in music, as in serialism."
      ],
      "id": "en-formalism-en-noun-~K-2Nfs8",
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "serialism",
          "serialism"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) The tendency to elevate formal above expressive value in music, as in serialism."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 7 4 58 5 18 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "music: tendency to elevate formal above expressive value",
          "word": "形式主義"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 7 4 58 5 18 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xíngshìzhǔyì",
          "sense": "music: tendency to elevate formal above expressive value",
          "word": "形式主义"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 7 4 58 5 18 3",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "formalizm",
          "sense": "music: tendency to elevate formal above expressive value",
          "word": "формализм"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Mathematics",
          "orig": "en:Mathematics",
          "parents": [
            "Formal sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Physics",
          "orig": "en:Physics",
          "parents": [
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011, Brian Cox, Jeff Forshaw, The Quantum Universe, Allen Lane, published 2011, page 54",
          "text": "Heisenberg seems to have been motivated by his intense annoyance that Schrödinger's more intuitive version of quantum theory was more widely accepted than his own, even though both formalisms led to the same results.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A particular mathematical or scientific theory or description of a given state or effect."
      ],
      "id": "en-formalism-en-noun-cT4DriFh",
      "links": [
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "physics",
          "physics"
        ],
        [
          "mathematical",
          "mathematical"
        ],
        [
          "scientific",
          "scientific"
        ],
        [
          "description",
          "description"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mathematics, physics) A particular mathematical or scientific theory or description of a given state or effect."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 12 4 6 45 23 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "mathematics, physics: a particular theory or description of a state of affairs",
          "word": "形式主義"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 12 4 6 45 23 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xíngshìzhǔyì",
          "sense": "mathematics, physics: a particular theory or description of a state of affairs",
          "word": "形式主义"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 12 4 6 45 23 6",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "formalizm",
          "sense": "mathematics, physics: a particular theory or description of a state of affairs",
          "word": "формализм"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "en:Computing",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Linguistics",
          "orig": "en:Linguistics",
          "parents": [
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Mathematics",
          "orig": "en:Mathematics",
          "parents": [
            "Formal sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 16 6 13 12 45 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 16 8 12 10 36 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ism",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1986, S. J. L. van Eijndhoven, J. de Graaf, A Mathematical Introduction to Dirac's Formalism, Elsevier (North-Holland), page ix",
          "text": "Dirac approaches quantum mechanics by means of a so-called symbolic method, the bracket formalism. Although this formalism has a mathematical flavour, in fact, it is based upon bold claims which lack mathematical foundation.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "1992, tuart M. Shieber, Constraint-based Grammar Formalisms, The MIT Press, page 51,\nIt is this abstraction that justifies considering these methods as characterizing constraint-based formalisms in general, rather than an individual formalism."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A formal expression of a grammar; a formal grammar; a set of rules of syntax that, without reference to semantics, determine whether a sequence of symbols is a well-formed sentence in a given formal language."
      ],
      "id": "en-formalism-en-noun-M~1VEfS5",
      "links": [
        [
          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ],
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "formal",
          "formal"
        ],
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "formal grammar",
          "formal grammar"
        ],
        [
          "syntax",
          "syntax"
        ],
        [
          "semantics",
          "semantics"
        ],
        [
          "symbol",
          "symbol"
        ],
        [
          "well-formed",
          "well-formed"
        ],
        [
          "formal language",
          "formal language"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(linguistics, computing, mathematics) A formal expression of a grammar; a formal grammar; a set of rules of syntax that, without reference to semantics, determine whether a sequence of symbols is a well-formed sentence in a given formal language."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The ontological view of mathematics as a mere collection of string manipulation rules."
      ],
      "id": "en-formalism-en-noun-WMqpPUC8",
      "links": [
        [
          "ontological",
          "ontological"
        ],
        [
          "collection",
          "collection"
        ],
        [
          "string",
          "string"
        ],
        [
          "manipulation",
          "manipulation"
        ],
        [
          "rule",
          "rule"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(philosophy of mathematics) The ontological view of mathematics as a mere collection of string manipulation rules."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of mathematics"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɔːməlɪz(ə)m/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɔɹml̩ˌɪzm̩/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Formalism"
  ],
  "word": "formalism"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "loanword",
        "2": "Borrowed"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "formalisme",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "French formalisme",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "formalisme"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from French formalisme",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from French formalisme.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ro-noun-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formalism",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "un formalism",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formalismul",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formalism",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unui formalism",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formalismului",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formalismule",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "formalism n (uncountable)",
      "name": "ro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n",
        "gpd": "formalismelor",
        "gpi": "formalisme",
        "gsd": "formalismului",
        "gsi": "formalism",
        "n": "sg",
        "npd": "formalismele",
        "npi": "formalisme",
        "nsd": "formalismul",
        "nsi": "formalism",
        "vp": "formalismelor",
        "vs": "formalismule"
      },
      "name": "ro-decl-noun-single"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "formalism"
      ],
      "id": "en-formalism-ro-noun-bVXxOJyZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "formalism",
          "formalism#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "formalism"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English 4-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -ism",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English uncountable nouns"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "canonical formalism"
    },
    {
      "word": "path integral formalism"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "formal",
        "3": "ism"
      },
      "expansion": "formal + -ism",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From formal + -ism.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "formalisms",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "formalism (countable and uncountable, plural formalisms)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "formalist"
    },
    {
      "word": "formulism"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "adherence",
          "adherence"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One of several alternative computational paradigms for a given theory."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) One of several alternative computational paradigms for a given theory."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Literature"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An approach to interpretation and/or evaluation focused on the (usually linguistic) structure of a literary work rather than on the contexts of its origin or reception."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "literature",
          "literature"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literature) An approach to interpretation and/or evaluation focused on the (usually linguistic) structure of a literary work rather than on the contexts of its origin or reception."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "literature",
        "media",
        "publishing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Music"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The tendency to elevate formal above expressive value in music, as in serialism."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "serialism",
          "serialism"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) The tendency to elevate formal above expressive value in music, as in serialism."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Mathematics",
        "en:Physics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011, Brian Cox, Jeff Forshaw, The Quantum Universe, Allen Lane, published 2011, page 54",
          "text": "Heisenberg seems to have been motivated by his intense annoyance that Schrödinger's more intuitive version of quantum theory was more widely accepted than his own, even though both formalisms led to the same results.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A particular mathematical or scientific theory or description of a given state or effect."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "physics",
          "physics"
        ],
        [
          "mathematical",
          "mathematical"
        ],
        [
          "scientific",
          "scientific"
        ],
        [
          "description",
          "description"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mathematics, physics) A particular mathematical or scientific theory or description of a given state or effect."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Computing",
        "en:Linguistics",
        "en:Mathematics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1986, S. J. L. van Eijndhoven, J. de Graaf, A Mathematical Introduction to Dirac's Formalism, Elsevier (North-Holland), page ix",
          "text": "Dirac approaches quantum mechanics by means of a so-called symbolic method, the bracket formalism. Although this formalism has a mathematical flavour, in fact, it is based upon bold claims which lack mathematical foundation.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "1992, tuart M. Shieber, Constraint-based Grammar Formalisms, The MIT Press, page 51,\nIt is this abstraction that justifies considering these methods as characterizing constraint-based formalisms in general, rather than an individual formalism."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A formal expression of a grammar; a formal grammar; a set of rules of syntax that, without reference to semantics, determine whether a sequence of symbols is a well-formed sentence in a given formal language."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ],
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "formal",
          "formal"
        ],
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "formal grammar",
          "formal grammar"
        ],
        [
          "syntax",
          "syntax"
        ],
        [
          "semantics",
          "semantics"
        ],
        [
          "symbol",
          "symbol"
        ],
        [
          "well-formed",
          "well-formed"
        ],
        [
          "formal language",
          "formal language"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(linguistics, computing, mathematics) A formal expression of a grammar; a formal grammar; a set of rules of syntax that, without reference to semantics, determine whether a sequence of symbols is a well-formed sentence in a given formal language."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The ontological view of mathematics as a mere collection of string manipulation rules."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ontological",
          "ontological"
        ],
        [
          "collection",
          "collection"
        ],
        [
          "string",
          "string"
        ],
        [
          "manipulation",
          "manipulation"
        ],
        [
          "rule",
          "rule"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(philosophy of mathematics) The ontological view of mathematics as a mere collection of string manipulation rules."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of mathematics"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɔːməlɪz(ə)m/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɔɹml̩ˌɪzm̩/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "farmalízm",
      "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фармалі́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "formalízǎm",
      "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "формали́зъм"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
      "word": "形式主義"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xíngshìzhǔyì",
      "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
      "word": "形式主义"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "formalismus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
      "word": "formalismi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "formalisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "pormalizmi",
      "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
      "word": "ფორმალიზმი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Formalismus"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
      "word": "formalizmus"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "formalismo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "けいしきしゅぎ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "keishikishugi",
      "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
      "word": "形式主義"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "formalizm",
      "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
      "word": "формализм"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "formalizam",
      "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "формализам"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
      "word": "formalisma"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "formalizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "formalismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "formalism"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "formalízm",
      "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "формали́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "формализам"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "formalizam"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "formalizmus"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "formalismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "formalízm",
      "sense": "strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "формалі́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "literature: structural approach to interpretation",
      "word": "形式主義"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xíngshìzhǔyì",
      "sense": "literature: structural approach to interpretation",
      "word": "形式主义"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "formalizm",
      "sense": "literature: structural approach to interpretation",
      "word": "формализм"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "literature: structural approach to interpretation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "formalizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "music: tendency to elevate formal above expressive value",
      "word": "形式主義"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xíngshìzhǔyì",
      "sense": "music: tendency to elevate formal above expressive value",
      "word": "形式主义"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "formalizm",
      "sense": "music: tendency to elevate formal above expressive value",
      "word": "формализм"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "mathematics, physics: a particular theory or description of a state of affairs",
      "word": "形式主義"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xíngshìzhǔyì",
      "sense": "mathematics, physics: a particular theory or description of a state of affairs",
      "word": "形式主义"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "formalizm",
      "sense": "mathematics, physics: a particular theory or description of a state of affairs",
      "word": "формализм"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Formalism"
  ],
  "word": "formalism"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "loanword",
        "2": "Borrowed"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "formalisme",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "French formalisme",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "formalisme"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from French formalisme",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from French formalisme.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ro-noun-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formalism",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "un formalism",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formalismul",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formalism",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unui formalism",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formalismului",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formalismule",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "formalism n (uncountable)",
      "name": "ro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n",
        "gpd": "formalismelor",
        "gpi": "formalisme",
        "gsd": "formalismului",
        "gsi": "formalism",
        "n": "sg",
        "npd": "formalismele",
        "npi": "formalisme",
        "nsd": "formalismul",
        "nsi": "formalism",
        "vp": "formalismelor",
        "vs": "formalismule"
      },
      "name": "ro-decl-noun-single"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Romanian lemmas",
        "Romanian neuter nouns",
        "Romanian nouns",
        "Romanian terms borrowed from French",
        "Romanian terms derived from French",
        "Romanian uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "formalism"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "formalism",
          "formalism#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "formalism"
}
{
  "called_from": "inflection/2466",
  "msg": "accepted heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, AND the cleaned text is in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Romanian]; cleaned text: n gender",
  "path": [
    "formalism"
  ],
  "section": "Romanian",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "formalism",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.