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English → English (gcide) Definition: Formalist Formalist \Form"al*ist\, n. [Cf. F. formaliste.] One overattentive to forms, or too much confined to them; esp., one who rests in external religious forms, or observes strictly the outward forms of worship, without possessing the life and spirit of religion. [1913 Webster] As far a formalist from wisdom sits, In judging eyes, as libertines from wits. --Young. [1913 Webster]