Éguó xíngshì zhǔyì shì èrshí shìjì chū de yí ge wénxué lǐlùn liúpài.
Russian Formalism was a school of literary theory in the early twentieth century.
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In political and office language, 形式主义 is the standard charge against work that looks busy but achieves nothing: endless meetings, reports and inspections staged for show. It usually comes paired with 官僚主义, bureaucratism.