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There are no rock concert-style hand mikes or microphone stands as in the original, and the energetic, ritualistic dancing in this production is unique.
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
There was something so comforting and ritualistic about waking up every morning and knowing my only task for the day was to walk to my next destination.
—Alison Cochrun, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
This nearly ritualistic practice allows audiences to reconnect with cultural giants that thrive on nostalgia.
—Braedon Montgomery, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Their eponymous theme sets the tone with a churning brew of twinkling synths and ritualistic percussion, both of which are eventually subsumed into the supernatural (represented by the theremin) before a crash of guitar boils everything together into chaos.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2025
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
There was something so comforting and ritualistic about waking up every morning and knowing my only task for the day was to walk to my next destination.
—Alison Cochrun, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
This nearly ritualistic practice allows audiences to reconnect with cultural giants that thrive on nostalgia.
—Braedon Montgomery, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Their eponymous theme sets the tone with a churning brew of twinkling synths and ritualistic percussion, both of which are eventually subsumed into the supernatural (represented by the theremin) before a crash of guitar boils everything together into chaos.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ritualistic
ritual
Adjective
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The ritual marks a line where nature has left none.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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First Alert 4 reported that this counterfeit note was marked as ancestor money, a symbolic bill burned as a ritual offering in Chinese culture.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Ritualistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ritualistic. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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