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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Formalistic
Synonyms for "formalistic" (97 found)
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Closest matches (20)
Adjective(14 words)
aestheticarchitectonicbureaucraticbureaucratic chaosbureaucratic languageceremonial actceremonial actionceremonial objectceremonial objectsceremonial public-speechceremonial staffceremonial urnceremonialisticceremonious
Strong matches (29)
conventionalconventionalizedcorrespondingeleganteuphemisticeuphuisticexquisiteextrinsicformalformalistformularygoody good-goodgoody goodygoody-goodyharmoniousimpersonalin accordin keepingin linein step
Adjective(8 words)
conventionalformal analysisformal contractformal logicsformalisedformalizedgentlemanlyinstitutional annals
Noun(1 words)
Related words (48)
Noun(5 words)
Adjective(12 words)
liturgicallocal government style templatemath-booklikeorthodoxpowdered wigpriggishprivate club etiquetteproceduralrigid protocolritualisticroman law principlesstylized
Determiner(2 words)
most administrative proceduremost written law
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More general
3 entriesMore specific
6 entriesdecorative designgeometric formornamental patternritualistic patternstylized formstylized motif
Collocations
6 entriesformalistic aestheticsformalistic approachformalistic designformalistic ritualsformalistic structureformalistic thinking
Inflections
2 entriesmore formalisticmost formalistic
Derivations
4 entriesSample sentences
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