anti-formalist
adjective
an·ti-for·mal·ist
ˌan-tē-ˈfȯr-mə-list 
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.
William V. Spansos et al.
anti-formalism
noun
or antiformalism
ˌan-tē-ˈfȯr-mə-ˌli-zəm
ˌan-tī-
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
Michael Kimmelman
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“Anti-formalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-formalist. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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