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synergistic en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English synergy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English synergistic From synergy + -istic.

Meanings

  1. Of or pertaining to synergy or synergism; synergic; co-operative, working together, interacting, mutually stimulating.
    • Farber and Lasker struck up a synergistic partnership that would stretch over decades. 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 115:

Forms

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most synergistic Degree=Sup lexicographic
more synergistic Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

synergistically · nonsynergistic

Translations (9)

cmn 協同的 /协同的 (synergistic) · fi synerginen (synergistic) · fr synergique (synergistic) · fi synergistinen (synergistic) · pl synergistyczny (synergistic) · it sinergico (synergistic) · sv synergistisk (synergistic) · de synergetisch (synergistic) · cmn 協作的 /协作的 (synergistic)