Formalism is a way of working — in art, religion, science, or law — that pays a lot of attention to the rules, the shapes, and the correct outer form, and much less attention to inner feeling or hidden meaning.

Formalism is a way of workingformalism是一種做事的方式 in art, religion, science, or law出現在藝術、宗教、科學或法律裡 that pays a lot of attention to the rules, the shapes, and the correct outer form它很重視規則、形式和正確的外在樣子 and much less attention to inner feeling or hidden meaning而比較不在乎內心的感受或背後的意涵

An art critic who cares how a painting is built (lines, colour, structure) more than what story it tells is using a kind of formalism. In religion, people sometimes use the word when they feel the rites and the wording have become more important than faith. In maths and logic, it can mean treating a system as marks and rules you follow, without asking what the marks “really mean”.

An art critic藝評家 who cares how a painting is built (lines, colour, structure)如果比較在意一幅畫是怎麼組成的（線條、色彩、結構） more than what story it tells而不是它講了什麼故事 is using a kind of formalism就是在用一種formalism In religion在宗教裡 people sometimes use the word有人會用這個字 when they feel the rites and the wording have become more important than faith當他們覺得儀式和用詞已經變得比信仰本身還重要時 In maths and logic在數學和邏輯裡 it can mean treating a system as marks and rules you follow它可以指把一個系統當成一堆符號和該遵守的規則 without asking what the marks “really mean”而不去問這些符號「真正的意思」是什麼

Though actually, the word is often a little cold, and sometimes a little unkind: to call a practice formalism can mean you think people have the shell and have lost the heart. It is an ideas-and-essays word, not an everyday home word.

Though actually不過其實 the word is often a little cold這個字常常帶點冷冰冰的味道 and sometimes a little unkind有時候也有點不客氣 to call a practice formalism把某種做法叫做formalism can mean you think people have the shell and have lost the heart可能代表你覺得人們只剩下外殼、失去了內在的核心 It is an ideas-and-essays word這是個用在論述、文章裡的字 not an everyday home word不是日常生活會用的詞