On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Formalist. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Formalist meaning
- An overly formal person, especially one who adheres to current forms; a stickler
- An advocate of formalism
Using Formalist
- The main meaning on this page is: An overly formal person, especially one who adheres to current forms; a stickler | An advocate of formalism
- In the example corpus, formalist often appears in combinations such as: for formalist.
Context around Formalist
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 7 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Formalist
- In this selection, "formalist" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, typically, following, traditional, power, style and mathematics stand out and add context to how "formalist" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a formalist might study and analysis for formalist power politics. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "formalist" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with formalist
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In both these cases, the common denominator for Formalist criticism is style. (12 words)
This movement was heavily criticised by modernist formalist art critics and historians. (12 words)
In addition, it jettisons the dialectical method of analysis for formalist “power politics”. (13 words)
In this way, many of the modernization theorists never used the full power of Parsons theory but concentrated on some formalist formula, which often was taken out of context with the deeper meaning by which Parsons originally had introduced them. (40 words)
Formalist film theory is a theory of film study that is focused on the formal, or technical, elements of a film: i.e., the lighting, scoring, sound and set design, use of color, shot composition, and editing. (37 words)
Some describe it as formalist, others argue it is expressionist or otherwise having to do with what Deleuze calls "blocs of sensation" (as in Deleuze's analysis of Francis Bacon ). (30 words)
Example sentences (15)
In addition, it jettisons the dialectical method of analysis for formalist “power politics”.
Working with cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema (who also shot “Interstellar”), Gray brings his typically formalist style and firm command to stripped-down scenes that approach the sublime.
According to the formalist, mathematics is manipulation of symbols according to agreed upon formal rules.
A formalist might study how standard Hollywood " continuity editing " creates a more comforting effect and non-continuity or jump cut editing might become more disconcerting or volatile.
Contemporary construction of a formal theory The following formalist theory is offered as contrast to the logicistic theory of PM.
Formalist definitions identify mathematics with its symbols and the rules for operating on them.
Formalist film theory is a theory of film study that is focused on the formal, or technical, elements of a film: i.e., the lighting, scoring, sound and set design, use of color, shot composition, and editing.
Ginsberg believed strongly that traditional formalist considerations were archaic and did not apply to reality.
In both these cases, the common denominator for Formalist criticism is style.
In this way, many of the modernization theorists never used the full power of Parsons theory but concentrated on some formalist formula, which often was taken out of context with the deeper meaning by which Parsons originally had introduced them.
Some describe it as formalist, others argue it is expressionist or otherwise having to do with what Deleuze calls "blocs of sensation" (as in Deleuze's analysis of Francis Bacon ).
There are many different formalist and functionalist frameworks that propose theories for describing syntactic structures, based on different assumptions about what language is and how it should be described.
There is, however, room to doubt whether Hilbert's own views were simplistically formalist in this sense.
This movement was heavily criticised by modernist formalist art critics and historians.
Throughout the rest of the book he treats, and compares, both Formalist (classical) and Intuitionist logics with an emphasis on the former.
Common combinations with formalist
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: