anti-formalist

adjective

an·​ti-for·​mal·​ist ˌan-tē-ˈfȯr-mə-list How to pronounce anti-formalist (audio)
ˌan-tī-
variants or antiformalist
: opposed to formalism
This would make nonsense of those anti-formalist claims that denigrate the study of form by seeking to empty form out, excluding all worldly relations from it.William V. Spansos et al.
anti-formalism noun
or antiformalism
It was not long ago that Surrealism was widely dismissed. Modernists had little use for the movement's anti-formalism, for its concerns with things like disorder, excess and exotica. Michael Kimmelman

Word History

First Known Use

1831, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of anti-formalist was in 1831

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“Anti-formalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-formalist. Accessed 26 Mar. 2023.

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