formalist

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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

Aster may ultimately be too much the formalist control freak to achieve the crazy, let-it-all-hang-out catharsis he’s chasing, and the elaborate trap he’s engineered for Beau seems to close, finally, on himself.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2023

Zonana again employs the same formalist approach he used in his stunning debut, "Workforce," with artfully composed still shots that observe the action in a cold, detached manner.

From Salon • Jan. 20, 2023

Thorogood’s graphic memoir about her journey with depression is also a masterful formalist investigation of comics storytelling and a meta-exploration of memoir narratives.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 23, 2022

To the eye of an ignorant man a formalist may seem to have a very decent quantity of religion, though not perhaps of the best quality.

From Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians by Ryle, John Charles