Term: formalism: (philosophy) the philosophical theory that formal (logical or mathematical) statements have no meaning but that its symbols (regarded as physical entities) exhibit a form that has useful applications
Candidate hypernym: doctrine: a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school → 1
Candidate hypernym: argyrotaenia: orange tortrix → 0
Candidate hypernym: hyracoidea: hyraxes and some extinct animals → 0
Candidate hypernym: arroz con pollo: rice and chicken cooked together Spanish style; highly seasoned especially with saffron → 0
Candidate hypernym: stock of record: stock held by stockholders of record on a given date → 0
Candidate hypernym: outpatient: a patient who does not reside in the hospital where he is being treated → 0
Candidate hypernym: bush honeysuckle: spreading bush of northeastern United States having small clusters of fragrant green and yellow flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: metropolitan: in the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch; equivalent to archbishop in western Christianity → 0
Candidate hypernym: fish loaf: flaked fish baked in a loaf with bread crumbs and various seasonings → 0
Candidate hypernym: collision course: a course of a moving object that will lead to a collision if it continues unchanged → 0
Candidate hypernym: incorrectness: the quality of not conforming to fact or truth → 0