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formulist

formulist noun: one who exhibits an excessive reliance on, or adherence to, formulae.

Noun

formulist (plural formulists)

  1. One who exhibits an excessive reliance on, or adherence to, formulae.
    • They have been described with a painfully fastidious detail of petty circumstances by zoological formulists; the causes of these differences have been as carefully avoided, as if man, all-important man, were not a fit object of inquiry […]1862, Robert Knox, The Races of Men, page 31

Forms of formulist

pluralformulists

Origin of formulist

From formula + -ist.

Questions about formulist

What does formulist mean?
Formulist means one who exhibits an excessive reliance on, or adherence to, formulae.
What part of speech is formulist?
Formulist is a noun.
What is the plural of formulist?
The plural of formulist is formulists.

Words near formulist in the dictionary

  1. formuliser
  2. formulises
  3. formulising
  4. formulism
  5. formulisms
  6. formulist
  7. formulistic
  8. formulists
  9. formulization
  10. formulizations
  11. formulize

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