ALL meanings of anti-formalist
an·ti-for·mal·ism
A a - noun anti-formalist strict adherence to, or observance of, prescribed or traditional forms, as in music, poetry, and art. 1
- noun anti-formalist Religion. strong attachment to external forms and observances. 1
- noun anti-formalist Ethics. a doctrine that acts are in themselves right or wrong regardless of consequences. 1
- noun anti-formalist Logic, Mathematics. a doctrine, which evolved from a proposal of David Hilbert, that mathematics, including the logic used in proofs, can be based on the formal manipulation of symbols without regard to their meaning. 1