formulist

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noun

One who exhibits an excessive reliance on, or adherence to, formulae.

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Meanings

nounformulist (plural formulists)

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

Origin

From formula + -ist.

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APA

formulist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/formulist

MLA

“formulist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/formulist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “formulist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/formulist.

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