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formulaic

adj
/ˌfɔɹmjəˈleɪ.ɪk/US

Etymology

From formula + -ic.

  1. learned borrowing from formula
  2. suffixed as formulaic — “formula + ic”

Definitions

  1. Closely following a formula or predictable pattern, as

    Closely following a formula or predictable pattern, as:

    • a formulaic greeting
    • Homeric Greeks valued clichés because not only the poets but the entire oral noetic world or thought world relied upon the formulaic constitution of thought.

The neighborhood

Derived

formulaically, formulaicity, formulaicness, nonformulaic, unformulaic

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