Cookbookery

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The application of (especially mathematical) techniques learned by rote, without proper understanding or consideration. derogatory, uncountable

    "In this degenerate laboratory work, in this cookbookery of a ritual of recipes, the aim is not to do an honest experiment but to get the "right" answer."

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"In this degenerate laboratory work, in this cookbookery of a ritual of recipes, the aim is not to do an honest experiment but to get the "right" answer."

Etymology

From cookbook + -ery.

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by rote

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