| Bonhoeffer is reacting negatively to a very formalistic ethic. |
| He was among the young artists who were against academicism taking stances favouring the overcoming of formalistic dogmatism. |
| I should just like to impress upon you once more that this exercise should not be dealt with in a technical, bureaucratic or formalistic way. |
| Of course, he says, it is not necessary to abandon centralism and strategic planning, only the bureaucratic and formalistic forms thereof. |
| To say this is not to take a formalistic approach towards jurisdiction and certainly not to indulge in any sort of legal nitpicking. |
| The court found no mitigating circumstances in her son's case, which confirms the formalistic and biased nature of the court's motivation. |
