ritualistic.

Organized around prescribed, repeated, or symbolic actions characteristic of ritual.

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Words that belong together

• ritualistic gestures
• ritualistic behavior

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The ritualistic gestures continued after the last participant stopped speaking.

She reconstructed the ritualistic sequence without assuming she knew its purpose.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Relational or absolute adjective; ordinary comparative and superlative usually not applicable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.