English-French translations for formalism

• formalisme
  Pas pour des raisons de simple formalisme, mais parce qu'il s'agit d'une question politique cruciale pour les citoyens de l'Union européenne. Not for reasons of mere formalism, but because this is a very important political question for the citizens of the European Union.

Definition of formalism

• Strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice etc
• An approach to interpretation and/or evaluation focused on the structure of a literary work rather than on the contexts of its origin or reception
• A particular mathematical or scientific theory or description of a given state or effect

Related words

• formalise
• formalist
• formalistic
• formalisation
• antiformalism
• antiformalist
• formalistically
• informalism
• in a formalistic way