formulaic
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- adjective
- /ˌfɔːrmjəˈleɪɪk/
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fórmulaico
- I wanted to avoid the formulaic kind of standard, soulless writing.
- formulaic fiction
- formulaic phrases
- highly formulaic
I guess most TV shows are fairly formulaic, so nevermind.
- I guess most TV shows are fairly formulaic, so nevermind.
- Strategy is not formulaic, which is what most people tend to think of it.
- The work of scientists is complex, dynamic and creative, not formulaic or rote.
- It is not modular, it is not formulaic.
- There were a few good shows, but most of it was just the same old formulaic junk.
- About the difficulty of detecting emotions such as fear from formal and sometimes formulaic documents, such as sermons or even letters.
- It's not algorithms, it's not formulaic, it's human, it's emotional, it's empathetic, it's a reading without words.
- We get these formulaic comic book super villain descriptions of each of these guys, you know, Saddam Hussein, Vladimir Putin, etcetera, etcetera.
- I think always would make story too formulaic and too predictable.
- You know, it's almost becomes formulaic and formula is, is poison for art.
- And yeah, like the it's the least special, it's the most formulaic, boring phone they have.
- And I think it's because it's so formulaic and the topics and their delivery.
- But like that requires having a weird combination of intuitive and and formulaic worldview.
- Like he he is a formulaic rapper.
- It's like, you know, it's just a there's a lot out there that's just it's formulaic now.
- What Chelsea Quinn Yarborough is not just genre fiction romance, which is a kind of, you know, formulaic thing over here.
Examples
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Westerners have been apt to see African art as formulaic, as restricted by static convention.
Academic text (2002) -
They're not interested in those formulaic big movies.
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But things have become very formulaic in the present age.
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I thought maybe I could write just a simple, almost formulaic song and make it mean something...
Blog text (34) -
Strategy is not formulaic, which is what most people tend to think of it.
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Examples of real heroes are today found only in formulaic fiction.
Academic text (2001) -
The student's ability to calculate a problem based on formulaic thinking proves successful.
Academic text (1995) -
I guess most TV shows are fairly formulaic, so nevermind.
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Am I the only one who finds these sayings just a little formulaic?
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Many popular songs follow a formulaic structure, making them sound similar to each other.
Synonyms
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Used so often that it feels boring
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Not new because people use it too often and it is easy to guess
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Following strict rules and fixed forms, especially in art or ceremonies
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How Formulaic
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Morphology
Etymology
Formulaic comes from formula, which shares the same root as form and means 'shape' or 'rule'. Think of a math formula: it is a fixed set of steps, so something formulaic follows a set form and often feels unoriginal.