formality

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noun

1. a requirement of etiquette or custom
- a mere formality
• Syn:
formalities
• Derivationally related forms:
formal
• Hypernyms:
ceremony, ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance
2. a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies
- the formality of his voice made the others pay him close attention
• Syn:
formalness
• Ant:
informality
• Derivationally related forms:
formal (for: formalness)
• Hypernyms:
manner, personal manner
• Hyponyms:
ceremoniousness, stateliness
• Attrubites:
formal, informal
3. compliance with formal rules
- courtroom formality
• Derivationally related forms:
formal
• Members of this Usage Domain:
banausic, therein, in this, in that, hereby,
herewith, person of color, person of colour, herald, trumpeter, slough of despond
• Hypernyms:
conformity, conformation, compliance, abidance

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  formalness, formalities