Formalism :: Formalism (n.) The practice or the doctrine of strict adherence to, or dependence on, external forms, esp. in matters of religion..
Formalist :: Formalist (n.) One overattentive to forms, or too much confined to them; esp., one who rests in external religious forms, or observes strictly the outward forms of worship, without possessing the life and spirit of religion..
Formality :: Formality (n.) Compliance with formal or conventional rules; ceremony; conventionality.
Formality :: Formality (n.) An established order; conventional rule of procedure; usual method; habitual mode.
Formality :: Formality (n.) The dress prescribed for any body of men, academical, municipal, or sacerdotal..
Formality :: Formality (n.) That which is formal; the formal part.
Formality :: Formality (n.) The quality which makes a thing what it is; essence.
Formality :: Formality (n.) The manner in which a thing is conceived or constituted by an act of human thinking; the result of such an act; as, animality and rationality are formalities..
Formalize :: Formalize (v. t.) To give form, or a certain form, to; to model..
Informality :: Informality (n.) The state of being informal; want of regular, prescribed, or customary form; as, the informality of legal proceedings..
Informality :: Informality (n.) An informal, unconventional, or unofficial act or proceeding; something which is not in proper or prescribed form or does not conform to the established rule..
Reformalize :: Reformalize (v. i.) To affect reformation; to pretend to correctness.