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formularistic

formularistic adjective: pertaining to, or exhibiting, formularization.

Adjective

formularistic (comparative more formularistic, superlative most formularistic)

  1. Pertaining to, or exhibiting, formularization.
    • The regarding of the formularies of composition as the principal thing, and the inability to see the larger thing, the real thing, to which the formularistic statements must ever be secondary, is where the cause of our failure in teaching English lies.1899, Edward R. Shaw, “Composition for Elementary Schools”, in Three Studies in Education, New York; Chicago: E. L. Kellogg & Co., pages 16–17
  2. Depending on, or sticking to, formulas

Forms of formularistic

comparativemore formularistic
superlativemost formularistic

Questions about formularistic

What does formularistic mean?
Formularistic means pertaining to, or exhibiting, formularization.
What part of speech is formularistic?
Formularistic is an adjective.

Words near formularistic in the dictionary

  1. formularisers
  2. formularises
  3. formularising
  4. formularism
  5. formularisms
  6. formularistic
  7. formularization
  8. formularizations
  9. formularize
  10. formularized
  11. formularizer

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