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informalism

informalism noun: a word, phrase, behaviour, etc. that is informal.

Noun

informalism (countable and uncountable, plural informalisms)

  1. A word, phrase, behaviour, etc. that is informal.
    • At other times, in complete contrast, as noted elsewhere (Section 7.3), there is frequent recourse to slang and informalisms. Speech style in this sense is closely connected to footing.2003, Alan Partington, The Linguistics of Political Argument, page 213
    • The reason we don't, he said, is because our educational system has swung too far in the direction of formal methods and has neglected such informalisms as common sense and natural language communication.2006, Robert L. Glass, Tom DeMarco, Software Creativity 2.0, page 236
  2. An art movement based on abstract and gestural tendencies rather than definite form.

Forms of informalism

pluralinformalisms

Origin of informalism

From informal + -ism.

Questions about informalism

What does informalism mean?
Informalism means a word, phrase, behaviour, etc. that is informal.
What part of speech is informalism?
Informalism is a noun.
What is the plural of informalism?
The plural of informalism is informalisms.

Words near informalism in the dictionary

  1. informal marriage
  2. informal marriages
  3. informal settler
  4. informal settlers
  5. informalisation
  6. informalism
  7. informalisms
  8. informalist
  9. informalistic
  10. informalists
  11. informalities

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