formulist

Etymology

From formula + -ist.

formulist means One who exhibits an excessive reliance on, or adherence to, formulae. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

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 […]”