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▸ noun: (computing) One of several alternative computational paradigms for a given theory.
▸ noun: (literature) An approach to interpretation and/or evaluation focused on the (usually linguistic) structure of a literary work rather than on the contexts of its origin or reception.
▸ noun: (music) The tendency to elevate formal above expressive value in music, as in serialism.
▸ noun: (mathematics, physics) A particular mathematical or scientific theory or description of a given state or effect.
▸ noun: (linguistics, computing, mathematics) A formal expression of a grammar; a formal grammar; a set of rules of syntax that, without reference to semantics, determine whether a sequence of symbols is a well-formed sentence in a given formal language.
▸ noun: (philosophy of mathematics) The ontological view of mathematics as a mere collection of string manipulation rules.
Similar:
officialism,
churchism,
proceduralism,
red-tapism,
Academicism,
standardism,
institutionalism,
redtapism,
textualism,
fundamentalism,
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Opposite:
Types:
structuralism,
semiotics,
New Criticism,
formalism in art,
formalism in music,
formalism in film,
more...
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Adjectives:
mathematical,
russian,
legal,
general,
empty,
mere,
rigid,
hamiltonian,
logical,
abstract,
religious
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