公こう式しき主しゅ義ぎ

noun

formalism

Refers to an excessive adherence to prescribed forms or rules, often in bureaucratic, legal, or academic contexts.

• 彼かれの仕し事ごとぶりは公こう式しき主しゅ義ぎに陥おちいっている。

  His way of working has fallen into formalism.

• 公こう式しき主しゅ義ぎを排はいして柔じゅう軟なんに対たい応おうすべきだ。

  We should reject formalism and respond flexibly.