[mass noun]excessive adherence to prescribed forms 形式主义 academic dryness and formalism. 学院式的枯燥和形式主义。 ■the use of forms of worship without regard to inner significance 形式主义崇拜 ■the basing of ethics on the form of the moral law without regard to intention or consequences 形式主义道德 ■concern or excessive concern with form and technique rather than content in artistic creation 形式主义艺术 ■(in the theatre) a symbolic and stylized manner of production (戏剧用语)形式主义演出风格 ■the treatment of mathematics as a manipulation of meaningless symbols 形式论
[count noun]a description of something in formal mathematical or logical terms 形式体系