n. One overattentive to forms, or too much confined to them; esp., one who rests in external religious forms, or observes strictly the outward forms of worship, without possessing the life and spirit of religion.
中文释义
n. 拘泥形式的人, 形式主义者
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And the more quiet formalist fine art moderni of his early years did change towards a grander, more heroic and populist style in his later years.
