formalism

== English == === Etymology === From formal +‎ -ism. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɔːməlɪz(ə)m/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɹml̩ˌɪzm̩/ === Noun === formalism (countable and uncountable, plural formalisms) Strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice etc. (computing) One of several alternative computational paradigms for a given theory. (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. (music) The tendency to elevate formal above expressive value in music, as in serialism. (mathematics, physics) A particular mathematical or scientific theory or description of a given state or effect. (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. 1992, tuart M. Shieber, Constraint-based Grammar Formalisms, The MIT Press, page 51, It is this abstraction that justifies considering these methods as characterizing constraint-based formalisms in general, rather than an individual formalism. (philosophy of mathematics) The ontological view of mathematics as a mere collection of string manipulation rules. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== formalist ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== formulism === References === “formalism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “formalism”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Further reading === Formal language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French formalisme. === Noun === formalism n (uncountable) formalism ==== Declension ====