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formalistic

formalistic adjective: formalist.

Adjective

formalistic (comparative more formalistic, superlative most formalistic)

  1. Formalist.
    • By 1900, many of the young who grew up in the Hirschian community had dropped out and even among those who remained committed, their religious observance was rather formalistic and arid.2006 February 28, YM, “Rabbi Wein on Robert Auman and parshas Vayishlach”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet)

Forms of formalistic

comparativemore formalistic
superlativemost formalistic

Origin of formalistic

From formalist + -ic.

Words formed from formalistic

Questions about formalistic

What does formalistic mean?
Formalistic means formalist.
What part of speech is formalistic?
Formalistic is an adjective.

Words near formalistic in the dictionary

  1. formalish
  2. formalising
  3. formalism
  4. formalisms
  5. formalist
  6. formalistic
  7. formalistically
  8. formalists
  9. formalities
  10. formality
  11. formalizability

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