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formal mode
noun
- philosophy the style in which words are explicitly mentioned rather than used of their subject matter. "Fido" is a dog's name is in the formal mode, while "Fido is a dog" is in the material mode See also mention
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But for some, this is not merely the embrace of a more formal mode of worship.
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Censure is not a formal mode of discipline for a president, but a move Congress votes on in expressing severe disapproval of something.
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Those on the other side argued that to confine black artists to a particular formal mode or racialized content was to perpetuate the art world’s existing segregationist model.
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Beckham in formal mode is not such a rare sight.
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“She’s in formal mode throughout. For me, the most amazing thing is just to witness her from that little girl at age 11 all the way to the present queen,†who is now 88.
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