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How to pronounce “formalist”
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- Practice the English pronunciation of formalist with real speech in context.
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- Margaret Wertheim: The beautiful math of coral (and crochet) 16 minutes
Mathematicians like to characterize things by being formalist.
- Definition summary
- An overly formal person, especially one who adheres to current forms; a stickler
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How to pronounce formalist
Margaret Wertheim: The beautiful math of coral (and crochet) 16 minutes

Mathematicians like to characterize things by being formalist.
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A Deep Dive Into “formalist”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- An overly formal person, especially one who adheres to current forms; a stickler
- An advocate of formalism
- [Adjective]
- Of or pertaining to formalism; formalistic
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