schematist

/ˈskiːmətɪst/

schematist noun: one given to forming schemes; schemer.

Noun

schematist (plural schematists)

(obsolete) One given to forming schemes; schemer.
- August 26 1711, Jonathan Swift, letter to William King
  He never wants a reserve upon any emergency, which would appear desperate to others; and makes little use of those thousand projectors and schematists, who are daily plying him with their visions, but to be thoroughly convinced, by the...
- Otherwise, if the Schematist knows any thing of the Christian Religion, he must know, that a true Christian is an enemy to Lies, Forgeries , Impostures, Occasional Conformity for a Place of Honour, or Profits, & c .1728, Edward Chandler, A Vindication of the Defence of Christianity from the Prophecies
One who thinks about or develops formal schemata or abstract frameworks.
- What is the scalar extreme to spontaneity? To the schematist it might seem to be inhibition: but clinically —as the manifestations described above suggest — it would seem to be a behavioral complex of compulsive and inhibitory elements.2013, Henry Harris, The Group Approach To Leadership-Testing, page 169
- It is also about some important others in passing, such as Siegmund Levarie who, as mathematical and musicological schematist, wrote on “sound,” along with a study of tone and another book on harmony and musical acoustics with Stanley Levy,2016, Babette Babich, The Hallelujah Effect: Philosophical Reflections on Music, page 18

schematist (comparative more schematist, superlative most schematist)

Involving schemata or abstract frameworks.
- Was Pokrovsky's view of the differences between history and sociology regarded as more "schematist" than that which was introduced following Stalin's "Observations"?1965, Roman Szporluk, M.N. Pokrovsky's Interpretation of Russian History, page 292
- Such a schematist approach and methods have always proved restrictive and conducive to some dogma or other.1978, Survey Sarajevo - Volume 5, page 162

What does schematist mean?: Schematist means one given to forming schemes; schemer.
What part of speech is schematist?: Schematist can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce schematist?: Schematist is pronounced /ˈskiːmətɪst/.
What is the plural of schematist?: The plural of schematist is schematists.

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