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I just looked up "formalism" in Norman Lebrecht's "The Companion to 20th Century Music" (I know he has a dodgy reputation with some but I always find him an entertaining read).

formalism Meaningless term that Stalin coined to define music he did not like. It became an article of Soviet cold-war cultural policy.
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