FORMALIST
\fˈɔːməlˌɪst], \fˈɔːməlˌɪst], \f_ˈɔː_m_ə_l_ˌɪ_s_t]\
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By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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n. One who observes forms or; practises outward ceremonies;—a follower of routine;—one who has the form of religion without the power or spirit of it.
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One who prefers appearance to reality.
By Thomas Sheridan
Word of the day
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).