formalist

About 0.46 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An overly formal person, especially one who adheres to current forms; a stickler
2. noun An advocate of formalism
3. adjective Of or pertaining to formalism; formalistic

Similar words

precisian martinet punctualist formalizer pedant red-tapist formaliser precisionist neatnik formularizer

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