the doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented;
formalism (n.)
(philosophy) the philosophical theory that formal (logical or mathematical) statements have no meaning but that its symbols (regarded as physical entities) exhibit a form that has useful applications;
formalism (n.)
the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms;
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