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formalistic

/ˌfɔːməˈlɪstɪk/adjective

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औपचारिकतावादी, नियमों और रूप पर अधिक ज़ोर देने वाला

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  1. 1

    formal, often disapproving

    paying too much attention to rules, forms and procedures rather than to the real meaning or purpose of something

    औपचारिकतावादी, नियमों और रूप पर अधिक ज़ोर देने वाला

    • The court rejected a narrow, formalistic reading of the law.
    • Their approach to teaching is rigid and formalistic.

    Synonyms rigid legalistic pedantic bureaucratic

    Opposite flexible pragmatic

  2. 2

    [usually before noun]

    (in art and literature) concerned mainly with style and form rather than with content

    (कला, साहित्य में) शिल्प या रूप-प्रधान

    • a formalistic analysis of the poem
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