ritualistic
16
7.2
- adjective
- /ˌrɪtʃuˈælɪstɪk/
:
ritualístico
- An obsession is a ritualistic routine that becomes part of your normal life.
- ritualistic behavior
- ritualistic dance
- ritualistic practices
I'm very, it is very ritualistic for me.
- I'm very, it is very ritualistic for me.
- So this does not focus on the parochial side of and the ritualistic and parochial side of Judaism.
- And then how specific, how observant, how ritualistic that was depended on with whom you converted.
- Sometimes they are murdered as part of the ritual, usually in a ritualistic way.
- An obsession is a ritualistic routine that becomes part of your normal life.
- And they did those in a, in a, in a ritualistic way that also was to please the gods or the spirits.
- How can people feel dignified while giving birth and when birth can be a ritualistic or traditional right of passage for some of our communities?
- And they call out the little boy, Tom Pates, they put him on the altar, they do all this ritualistic stuff to him.
- I'm very, I don't know if ritualistic is the correct word for that, but I, I take it very seriously.
Examples
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Throughout the day, non-nesting juvenile pairs bond by performing a ritualistic gaming dance.
Academic text (1999) -
The females participate in ritualistic dancing and dance until some appear to be in a comatose state of mind.
Academic text (2004) -
League members were aware of and used this ritualistic performance in their own meetings.
Academic text (2005) -
"Clearly," said Hersule, "these are ritualistic movements, possibly religious in nature."
Fiction book (1991) -
In this series, Tshabangu suggests a ritualistic relationship between labor and the land that it works.
Academic text (2004) -
By all accounts, mourning is a complex process enabling disconnection through ritualistic celebration.
Academic text (2000) -
Children with autism often engage in ritualistic, repetitive behaviors and react to environmental events in unexpected ways.
Academic text (1999) -
Commencement ceremonies are wonderfully ritualistic, full of incantation, and free of explanation.
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The ancient tribe engaged in ritualistic dances to honor their gods during the harvest festival.
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Many cultures have ritualistic ceremonies that mark significant life events, such as births or weddings.
Synonyms
994
1.5
Following long-held customs and ways of doing things
60
5.7
Formal and traditional in style, like events with set actions
16
8.5
Relating to public worship in churches or other religious places
1
8.8
Following strict rules and fixed forms, especially in art or ceremonies
Being loyal to old customs and beliefs in religion and culture
Believing in and following traditional practices
How Ritualistic
- Formal
60
5.7
16
7.2
- Formal
- Formal
63
3.0
98
3.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word ritualistic comes from ritual, which comes from the Latin ritus meaning 'ceremony' or 'rite'. So calling something ritualistic says it follows a set of formal, repeated actions, like a small ceremony done the same way each time.