endemic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ɪnˈdɛm.ɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation, US, uncommon)
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- /ɛnˈdɛm.ɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation, US)
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Ancient Greek ἐν (en) Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *déh₂mos Proto-Hellenic *dā́mos Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English endemic From Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “people”) + -ic. Possibly via Ancient Greek ἔνδημος (éndēmos, “among one's people, at home, native”) and/or French endémique. By surface analysis, en- + demic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Native to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs.
The endemic religion of Easter Island arrived with the Polynesian settlers.
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(especially, not-comparable, of plants and animals) Peculiar to a particular area or region; not found in other places.
[…] a continental northern Alaskan element, including a series of endemic species and disjuncts that have survived the Pleistocene glaciation in northern Alaska and thus represent relicts of the much warmer Tertiary […]
1966 October, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume I, New York, N.Y.; London: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 4:Kangaroos are endemic to Australia.
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(especially, not-comparable, of diseases) Prevalent in a particular area or region, persistent within a population.
Malaria is endemic to the tropics.
1998, Gillian Catriona Ramchand, Deconstructing the Lexicon, in Miriam Butt and Wilhelm Geuder, eds. “The Projection of Arguments” These problems are endemic to the theory of thematic roles as currently conceived, because the classification it implies simply does not correspond to legitimate linguistic semantic definitions.
In a country where corruption is endemic, no evidence has been presented that Ms Yingluck took any money from the rice scheme, which in 2012 and 2013 cost Thailand billions of dollars. But a state-appointed committee last year ordered her to pay the fine, finding she was to blame, even though it was government policy.
2017 July 26, Lindsay Murdoch, “Yingluck Shinawatra, Thailand's first female PM, faces financial ruin and jail”, in The Sydney Morning Herald;:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| endemick | alternative | lexicographic |
Antonyms
alien (antonym(s) of “native to a particular area”) · systemic (antonym(s) of “localized”) · introduced (antonym(s) of “native to a particular area”)
Coordinates
epiphytotic · panzootic · enzootic · epidemic · epizootic · pandemic · panphytotic · enphytotic
Deriveds
endemicity · microendemic · hyperendemic · paleoendemic · nonendemic · tripledemic · palaeoendemic · neoendemic · near-endemic · synendemic · holoendemic · endemically · stenoendemic · hypoendemic · coendemic · subendemic · endemical · mesoendemic · Balkan endemic nephropathy
Relateds
pandemic · ecdemic · endemism · epidemic
Synonyms
native (native to a particular area) · precinctive (peculiar to a particular area) · indigenous (peculiar to a particular area)
Translations (67)
pt endêmico (native to a particular area) · ro endemic (prevalent in a particular area) · nl endemisch (peculiar to a particular area) · es endémico (peculiar to a particular area) · it endemico (native to a particular area) · csb endemiczny (native to a particular area) · mi taketake (peculiar to a particular area) · de endemisch (prevalent in a particular area) · nl inheems (native to a particular area) · pt endémico (prevalent in a particular area) · tr endemik (prevalent in a particular area) · fi kotoperäinen (prevalent in a particular area) · ka ენდემური (native to a particular area) · mi taketake (native to a particular area) · ca endèmic (peculiar to a particular area) · fi kotoperäinen (native to a particular area) · nb endemisk (native to a particular area) · nn endemisk (native to a particular area) · ro endemic (native to a particular area) · pl endemiczny (peculiar to a particular area) · pl endemiczny (native to a particular area) · cmn 地方特有的 (prevalent in a particular area) · hu helyi (peculiar to a particular area) · pt endémico (peculiar to a particular area) · hu honos (native to a particular area) · da endemisk (native to a particular area) · es endémico (native to a particular area) · hu endemikus (peculiar to a particular area) · ar مُتَوَطِّن (peculiar to a particular area) · gl endémico (native to a particular area) · ru эндеми́ческий (native to a particular area) · el ενδημικός (native to a particular area) · fi endeeminen (native to a particular area) · fi endeeminen (peculiar to a particular area) · ka ენდემური (peculiar to a particular area) · fr endémique (native to a particular area) · el ενδημικός (prevalent in a particular area) · de endemisch (peculiar to a particular area) · nl endemisch (prevalent in a particular area) · hu bennszülött (peculiar to a particular area) · it endemico (prevalent in a particular area) · pt endêmico (peculiar to a particular area) · ar مُتَوَطِّن (native to a particular area) · cmn 地方特有的 (native to a particular area) · cmn 地方特有的 (peculiar to a particular area) · el ενδημικός (peculiar to a particular area) · it endemico (peculiar to a particular area) · nb endemisk (prevalent in a particular area) · hu őshonos (native to a particular area) · pt endémico (native to a particular area) · pt endêmico (prevalent in a particular area) · fr endémique (peculiar to a particular area) · nl endemisch (native to a particular area) · cs endemický (prevalent in a particular area) · de endemisch (native to a particular area) · es endémico (prevalent in a particular area) · ca endèmic (native to a particular area) · pl endemiczny (prevalent in a particular area) · nn endemisk (prevalent in a particular area) · fi endeeminen (prevalent in a particular area) · fr indigène (native to a particular area) · cmn 地方性流行 (peculiar to a particular area) · fr endémique (prevalent in a particular area) · ro endemic (peculiar to a particular area) · ca endèmic (prevalent in a particular area) · mt endemiċi (native to a particular area) · sv endemisk (prevalent in a particular area)