formalistic

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Etymology

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From formalist +‎ -ic.

Adjective

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formalistic (comparative more formalistic, superlative most formalistic)

  1. Formalist.
    • 2006 February 28, YM, “Rabbi Wein on Robert Auman and parshas Vayishlach”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated[1] (Usenet):
      By 1900, many of the young who grew up in the Hirschian community had dropped out and even among those who remained committed, their religious observance was rather formalistic and arid.

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