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schismatic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

[ʃɪzˈmæɾ.ɪk] (Australia)
/skɪzˈmæt.ɪk/ (UK)
/skɪzˈmæt.ɪk/ (Australia)
[ʃɪzˈmæɾ.ɪk] (US)
[sɪzˈmæɾ.ɪk] (US)
/ʃɪzˈmæt.ɪk/ (US)
/ʃɪzˈmæt.ɪk/ (Australia)
[skɪzˈmæɾ.ɪk] (Australia)
/ʃɪzˈmæt.ɪk/ (UK)
/skɪzˈmæt.ɪk/ (US)
/sɪzˈmæt.ɪk/ (US)

Etymology

From Middle English scismatik with etymological respelling, from Middle French scismatique, from Latin schismaticus, from Ancient Greek σχισματικός (skhismatikós), from σχίσμα (skhísma, “cleft, division”). The music sense is based on schisma, from the same ultimate Greek source; compare schism.

Meanings

(not-comparable) Of or pertaining to a schism.
- The pontiff had made a last-ditch effort to persuade the society to halt the ordinations, calling them a “schismatic act” and a “sin of extreme gravity”. 2026 July 1, Angela Giuffrida, “Fears of Catholic schism as defiant sect ordains ultra-conservative bishops”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
(not-comparable) Of or pertaining to a schisma.
(not-comparable) Divisive.
- schismatic opinions or proposals

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
schismatick		alternative, obsolete	lexicographic

Deriveds

schismatic temperament

Translations (12)

ar اِنْشِقَاقِيّ (religion: of or pertaining to a schism) · ru схизмати́ческий (religion: of or pertaining to a schism) · ca cismàtic (religion: of or pertaining to a schism) · fr schismatique (religion: of or pertaining to a schism) · eo skisma (religion: of or pertaining to a schism) · es cismático (religion: of or pertaining to a schism) · pt cismático (religion: of or pertaining to a schism) · enm scismatik (religion: of or pertaining to a schism) · bg разколнически (religion: of or pertaining to a schism) · de schismatisch (religion: of or pertaining to a schism) · gl cismático (religion: of or pertaining to a schism) · pl schizmatycki (religion: of or pertaining to a schism)

schismatic en · NOUN

Pronunciation

[ʃɪzˈmæɾ.ɪk] (Australia)
/skɪzˈmæt.ɪk/ (UK)
/skɪzˈmæt.ɪk/ (Australia)
[ʃɪzˈmæɾ.ɪk] (US)
[sɪzˈmæɾ.ɪk] (US)
/ʃɪzˈmæt.ɪk/ (US)
/ʃɪzˈmæt.ɪk/ (Australia)
[skɪzˈmæɾ.ɪk] (Australia)
/ʃɪzˈmæt.ɪk/ (UK)
/skɪzˈmæt.ɪk/ (US)
/sɪzˈmæt.ɪk/ (US)

Etymology

Meanings

A person involved in a schism.
- Amid heretics and schismatics, spoilers of the church’s lands, and scoffers at saints and sacraments, there remains a remnant. 1820, [Walter Scott], chapter XIII, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, page 267:
- He semeth a sysmatyke Or els an heretike, For fayth in hym is faynte. c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 62, lines 17–19:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
schismatick		alternative, obsolete	lexicographic
schismatics	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (25)

de Schismatikerin (religion: person involved in a schism) · es cismática (religion: person involved in a schism) · ca cismàtica (religion: person involved in a schism) · de Schismatiker (religion: person involved in a schism) · gl cismática (religion: person involved in a schism) · pl schizmatyczka (religion: person involved in a schism) · bg разколница (religion: person involved in a schism) · gl cismático (religion: person involved in a schism) · ru схизма́тик (religion: person involved in a schism) · eo skismanino (religion: person involved in a schism) · eo skismano (religion: person involved in a schism) · ca cismàtic (religion: person involved in a schism) · sh расколница (religion: person involved in a schism) · es cismático (religion: person involved in a schism) · pt cismático (religion: person involved in a schism) · ru раско́льница (religion: person involved in a schism) · eo skismulino (religion: person involved in a schism) · sh расколник (religion: person involved in a schism) · ru схизмати́чка (religion: person involved in a schism) · ru раско́льник (religion: person involved in a schism) · pt cismática (religion: person involved in a schism) · bg разколник (religion: person involved in a schism) · eo skismulo (religion: person involved in a schism) · fr schismatique (religion: person involved in a schism) · pl schizmatyk (religion: person involved in a schism)