Home › Words › R › randomistarandomistarandomista means A proponent of randomized trials as the optimal form of research.EtymologyFrom random + -ista.nounA proponent of randomized trials as the optimal form of research.e.g.“He is against “one-size-fits-all” policy rules and favors experimentation, but he is skeptical of the experimental claims by the “randomistas.”” — 2010, Jessica Cohen, William Easterly, What Works in Development?: Thinking Big and Thinking Small, →ISBN:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).