formalistic
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The argument advanced by the IRS is a formalistic one that results in an absurdity: Cryptocurrency wasn’t explicitly included in the list of items that meet the “readily valued property” exemption to the appraisal rules.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
Kabalevsky succumbed to Stalin’s decrees against formalistic art, and he has never been taken seriously in the West.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2025
As a filmmaker, Hogg is a seemingly incongruous blend of free-flowing and formalistic.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 27, 2021
“Burying those sentiments in formalistic writing doesn’t erase the tension,” he said.
From New York Times • May 4, 2015
The old Logic is ill called formal; it were better to call it verbal or formalistic.
From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto
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