formalist
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In addition to its dream cast it has a formalist precision resembling musical composition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
In the 51-page, partially redacted document, Sir Peter said Harry's lawyers had taken "an inappropriate, formalist interpretation of the Ravec process".
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2024
My dad is a die-hard Beatles fan too — that’s how I learned like, a formalist pop song structure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2023
Among the buzziest has been “The Zone of Interest,” a soulless formalist exercise from the British filmmaker Jonathan Glazer.
From New York Times ● May 25, 2023
But I told Mr. Dow that I was no formalist, nor did I believe in compromising the truth to win errorists.
From Bertha and Her Baptism by Nehemiah Adams
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