Relating to or characteristic of someone who follows formulas too strictly, often lacking originality or flexibility.
From 'formularist' + '-ic' suffix (Greek -ikos). This adjectival form emerged to describe the quality or manner of being formularistic in approach or thinking.
Legal systems sometimes get criticized as 'formularistic' when judges follow procedures so exactly that justice itself gets lost—a real tension between rules and fairness that societies struggle with constantly.
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