Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Consisting of a formula; adhering or conforming to some recognized formula; taken from the recognized form or formula.
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Examples
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Her movies are becoming so formulistic and boring.
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Besides her obvious talent, youthful enthusiasm and charm she was a breath of fresh air in a business where record companies stifle creativity by promoting formulistic songwriting.
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I agreed with Sasha above, but understand that this is legal reading, which is necessarily more formulistic.
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They are reflexive, shoot-from-the-hip, immediately formulistic reactions that require no thought or effort from such mothers or fathers.
THE DIFFERENT DRUM M. SCOTT PECK 1987
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They are reflexive, shoot-from-the-hip, immediately formulistic reactions that require no thought or effort from such mothers or fathers.
THE DIFFERENT DRUM M. SCOTT PECK 1987
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There is much in the views of the writer, with which we cannot ourselves concur; but we are not insensible of the force and precision with which he has mapped out a large part of the field, and given saliency to some of the great principles at stake; which it is the natural tendency of discussions, involving so much of the conventional and formulistic, calamitously to obscure.
The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 Various
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The formulistic expression, “He is entirely blue,” closely approximates in meaning the common English phrase, “He feels blue.”
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The application of such a name to what is considered a serious illness is in accordance with the regular formulistic practice of making light of a dangerous malady in order to convey to the disease spirit the impression that the shaman is not afraid of him.
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The sun is invoked chiefly by the ball-player, while the hunter prays to the fire; but every important ceremony -- whether connected with medicine, love, hunting, or the ball play -- contains a prayer to the “Long Person,” the formulistic name for water, or, more strictly speaking, for the river.
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The formulistic name given to the ball players signifies literally,
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