Synonyms for Formalistic:

• adj.

  •academic (adjective)
  • speculative,
  • hypothetical,
  • notional,
  • closet,
  • abstract,
  • conjectural.
  •formal (adjective)
  • fixed,
  • ceremonial,
  • decorous,
  • ceremonious,
  • explicit,
  • systematic,
  • set,
  • pro forma,
  • legal,
  • official,
  • regular,
  • confirmed,
  • ritual,
  • directed,
  • strict,
  • prescribed,
  • stereotyped,
  • solemn,
  • precise,
  • conventional,
  • proper,
  • methodical,
  • lawful,
  • express,
  • stereotypical,
  • approved,
  • rigid,
  • stately.
  •hypothetic (adjective)
  • hypothetic,
  • intelle.
  •punctilious (adjective)
  • right on,
  • heedful,
  • nice,
  • exact,
  • particular,
  • fussy,
  • scrupulous,
  • conscientious,
  • persnickety,
  • punctual,
  • painstaking,
  • meticulous,
  • observant.
  •ritualistic (adjective)
  • established,
  • reverent.
  •structural (adjective)
  • basic,
  • architectural,
  • skeletal,
  • anatomical,
  • constructural,
  • tectonic,
  • constitutional,
  • anatomic,
  • formative,
  • formational,
  • organic.
  •theoretical (adjective)
  • impractical,
  • logical,
  • pure,
  • problematical,
  • assumed,
  • metaphysical,
  • Instanced,
  • philosophical,
  • contingent,
  • unearthly,
  • intellectual,
  • on paper,
  • imaginative,
  • quixotic,
  • unsubstantiated,
  • transcendent,
  • ideal,
  • suppositional,
  • general,
  • codified,
  • transcendental,
  • idealized,
  • vague,
  • tentative,
  • presumed,
  • analytical.

• n.

  •
  • flexible,
  • pedantic,
  • scholastic,
  • teach,
  • literary,
  • bookish,
  • attitude.
  •formalised (noun)
  • formalised.
  •formalistic (noun)
  • formalized.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • formal,
  • overnice,
  • unproved,
  • Postulated,
  • formularized,
  • good eye,
  • academic,
  • conscionable,
  • donnish,
  • ideational,
  • ideological,
  • in theory,
  • punctilious,
  • ritualistic,
  • structural,
  • theoretic,
  • theoretical,
  • Inkhorn,
  • Overscrupulous,
  • Pedantical,
  • overconscientious,
  • over-nice,
  • over-scrupulous,
  • nit-picking,
  • in the abstract,
  • as a premise,
  • ceremonialistic,
  • schoolish.
  •n.
  • Puristic,
  • legalistic.

Paraphrases for Formalistic:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    technical.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    legalistic, formalism, formal, formulaic.

Antonyms for Formalistic:

• adj.

  • academic
    plain, ordinary, simple, proven, practical, ignorant, real, untaught, factual.
  • formal
    inaccurate, disorderly, relaxed, informal, indefinite, customary, normal, unaffected, ambiguous.
  • punctilious
    uncaring, careless, easy-going.
  • theoretical
    definite, material, objective, physical, illogical, concrete, certain.

Formalistic Sentence Examples:

• They attacked nothing with more vehemence than formalistic piety or practical religion divorced from righteousness.

• There is still, compared with Beethoven, a huge amount of formalistic padding; but so far as he dared and could, he was loading his rifts with ore.