rou·tine

(ro͞o-tēn′)

a. A set of customary or unchanging and often mechanically performed activities or procedures: a routine of housework. See Synonyms at method.

b. The practice of such activities or procedures: "Routine had caused stagnation" (Garry Wills).

2. A scripted piece of entertainment, especially in a nightclub or theater: The audience laughed at the comedian's routine.

3. Slang A particular kind of behavior or activity: Must you go into your hurt routine when you don't get your way?

4. Computers A set of programming instructions designed to perform a specific limited task.

adj.

1. In accord with established procedure: a routine check of passports.

2. Habitual; regular: made his routine trip to the store.

3. Having no special quality; ordinary: a routine day.

[French, from route, route, from Old French; see route.]

rou·tine′ly adv.

rou·tin′ism n.

rou·tin′ist n.

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routinism

(ruːˈtiːnɪzəm)

behaviour that seems excessively devoted to routine

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routinism

the excessive adherence to a routine. — routinist, n.

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This shadow cabinet, with its lush exfoliation of titles and subtitles, smacks of left Babbitry, not of revolutionary ardor--it is a mirror-image of the electioneering routinism and office-seeking of the duopoly twins, purveying the illusion that merely electing (or, in this case, appointing) the right people to the right offices will peacefully usher in a bright new tomorrow--a vision that is jarringly at odds with the ferocity with which the elites will defend their rotting fortress until and unless routed by masses of an aroused and organized citizenry.

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Global competition no longer allows for routinism which ensures a long-term stability (Porter & Kramer, 2006).

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* Routinism subconscious repetition of procedures already used (native, foreign) with varying proportions of hange.

Method of projecting modular structures for manufacturing technology

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