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語源

From formal +‎ -ist.

発音

• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈfɔɹml̩ˌɪst/

名詞

formalist (plural formalists)

1. An overly formal person, especially one who adheres to current forms; a stickler
   • 2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page 225:

     The Besht preached that the simple man, imbued with native faith and able to pray fervently and wholeheartedly with a sense of joy in his heart, was nearer and dearer to God than the learned but joyless formalist spending his whole life in the study of Talmud.

2. An advocate of formalism

派生語

形容詞

formalist (comparative more formalist, superlative most formalist)

1. Of or pertaining to formalism; formalistic

派生語

• formalistic

関連する語

• formalism

Further reading

• “formalist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “formalist”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• Raymond Williams (1983), “Formalist”, in Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society, revised American edition, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, published 1985, →ISBN, page 137