Formalism vs Formality - What's the difference?
formalism | formality |
Strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice etc.
(computing) One of several alternative computational paradigms for a given theory.
(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.
(music) The tendency to elevate formal above expressive value in music, as in serialism.
(mathematics, physics) A particular mathematical or scientific theory or description of a given state or effect.
* 2011 , & Jeff Forshaw, The Quantum Universe , Allen Lane 2011, p. 54:
(uncountable) The state of being formal.
Something said or done as a matter of form.
A customary ritual without new or unique meaning.
A specific requirement for obtaining a legal status, conducting a transaction, etc.
As nouns the difference between formalism and formality
is that formalism is strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice etc while formality is the state of being formal.formalism
English
(wikipedia formalism)Noun
- Heisenberg seems to have been motivated by his intense annoyance that Schrödinger's more intuitive version of quantum theory was more widely accepted than his own, even though both formalisms led to the same results.