Cookbookery

Quick meaning: Cookbookery is a noun meaning (derogatory) The application of (especially mathematical) techniques learned by rote, without proper understanding or consideration.

Meaning

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

Example Sentences

The problem of cookbookery is not peculiar to data analysis. But the solution of concentrating upon mathematics and proof is.

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.

Most of the New Math is just what the Old Math was — cookbookery. The difference is that the cookbooks are newer, more up to date — which may be a good thing, if cookbookery is what you want.

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