behaviour that seems excessively devoted to routine
routinism in American English
(ruˈtinˌɪzəm)
noun
adherence to or prevalence of routine
Derived forms
routinist (rouˈtinist)
noun
routinism in American English
(ruːˈtinɪzəm)
noun
adherence to routine
Derived forms
routinist (ruːˈtinɪst)
noun
Word origin
[routine + -ism]-ism is a suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it was used to form action nounsfrom verbs (baptism). On this model, -ism is used as a productive suffix in the formation of nouns denoting action or practice,state or condition, principles, doctrines, a usage or characteristic, devotion oradherence, etc. (criticism; barbarism; Darwinism; despotism; plagiarism; realism; witticism; intellectualism)