Ritualistic actions or behaviour follow a similar pattern every time they are used.
Each evening she bursts into her apartment with a ritualistic shout of 'Honey I'mhome!'
2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Ritualistic acts are the fixed patterns of behaviour that form part of a religious service or ceremony.
...the meditative and ritualistic practices of Buddhism.
ritualistic in British English
(ˌrɪtjʊəˈlɪstɪk)
adjective
of, relating to, or suggestive of ritualism
Derived forms
ritualistically (ˌritualˈistically)
adverb
Examples of 'ritualistic' in a sentence
ritualistic
The carefully planned ritualistic murder was considered unique by detectives.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
There was a time when throwing one on before you left the house was almost ritualistic.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The ritualistic killings were not solved for some months.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
We would have a fire prepared of twigs, to represent the couple letting go of their pain and upset in a ritualistic way.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
I was handed one ritualistic murder by French police and spent a year in total frustration as incompetence and unwillingness saw the investigation fold.
The Sun (2016)
A MAN was arrested yesterday over the ritualistic murder of a mother in her home eight years ago.