rote
/rəʊt
/noun [mass noun]
Mechanical or habitual repetition of something to be learned: a poem learnt by rote in childhood [as modifier]: rote learning...
- Argento is barely featured, and when he is talking, the answers seem like rote repetitions of things he's said about the film thousands of times before.
- This was said without conviction, as if learned by rote.
- I never learned by rote, nor have I ever believed it's the way to learn.
Synonyms
mechanically, automatically, without thinking, unthinkingly, parrot-fashion, mindlessly;
from memory, by heart
Origin
Middle English (also in the sense 'habit, custom'): of unknown origin.