formalistic in English

adjective

[for·mal·is·tic || ‚fɔrmə'lɪstɪk /‚fɔːm-]

strictly adhering to traditional methods or practices; emphasizing external forms and customs

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1. Jehovah hates formalistic worship (10-17)

2. Hence, their temple service became a mockery, and they kept the festivals in a formalistic way. —Malachi 2:1-3; 3:8-10.

3. In addition to making a living, they had to bear the harsh rule of the Romans and the oppressive burden of the formalistic religionists of the day.

4. Other articles where Cladistics is discussed: evolution: Maximum parsimony methods: …parsimony methods are related to Cladistics, a very formalistic theory of taxonomic classification, extensively used with morphological and paleontological data

5. Serves typical Baddish specialties, such as "Leberle", "Sulz" and "Ochsenfleisch" in a lovely inn built in 1885.: Typisch badische Spezialitäten wie „Leberle", „Sulz" und "Ochsenfleisch" in historischem Gasthof, den es seit 1885 gibt.: They deliberately reject faddish attributes and formalistic decoration.: Sie verzichten bewusst auf kurzlebige modische Attribute oder formalistische