systematic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌsɪs.təˈmæt.ɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- [ˌsəs.təˈmɛɾ.ək] (New-Zealand)
- [ˌsɪs.təˈmæɾ.ɪk] (Australia, Canada, General-American)
- (California, Southern) audio California Vowel Shift
- /ˌsɪs.təˈmæt.ɪk/ (Australia, Canada, General-American)
- /ˌsɪs.tɪˈmæt.ɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌsɪs.təˈmæt.ɪk/ (California)
- /ˌsəs.təˈmɛt.ək/ (New-Zealand)
- [ˌsɪs.təˈmæɾ.ɪk] (California)
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin systēmaticus, from Koine Greek συστηματικός (sustēmatikós), from σύστημᾰ (sústēmă, “a composite; system”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, adjective suffix). Cognate with French systématique and Italian sistematico. By surface analysis, system + -atic.
Meanings
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Carried out according to a planned, ordered procedure.
The existence of a systematic nomenclature for the unknown elements does not deny the right of 'discoverers' of new elements to suggest other names to the Commission after their discovery has been established beyond all doubt in the general scientific community.
2025 December 7 (last accessed), G. P. Moss, “Recommendations for the Naming of Elements of Atomic Numbers Greater than 100”, in IUPAC, archived from the original on 08 Jul 2025:
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(broadly) Methodical; regular and orderly.
Particular note, in this period, should be made of the actions of Joseph Denman, commander of the Northern Division of the Squadron, who went on an absolutely ruthless and systematic campaign along the African coast, burning so-called "slaving factories" to the ground and openly daring anyone who objected to try and stop him.
2018 December 1, Drachinifel, 9:26 from the start, in Anti-Slavery Patrols - The West Africa Squadron, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2024:
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Treating an object as a system or coherent whole.
the systematic study of religious beliefs
- Of or relating to taxonomic classification.
- Of, relating to, or in accordance with generally recognized conventions for the naming of chemicals.
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(archaic, literary) Of, relating to, or being a system.
But the systematic judgment is altogether unprofitable. Its author has not really his eye upon the professed object of his criticism at all, but upon something else, which he wants to prove by means of that object. […] As it is, all that he tells us is that he is no genuine critic, but a man with a system, an advocate.
1878 January, “A French Critic on Goethe”, in The Quarterly Review, volume 145, number 289, page 145:And Paruta’s work also suggests that Venetians in the generation following the battle of Lepanto, although without altogether abandoning systematic views, were tending increasingly to look to history for their understanding of human affairs.
1968, William J. Bouwsma, Venice and the Defense of Republican Liberty: Renaissance Values in the Age of Counter Reformation, page 219:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more systematic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| systematick | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| most systematic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
chaotic · asystematic (antonym(s) of “general”) · haphazard · nonsystematic (antonym(s) of “general”) · unsystematic (antonym(s) of “general”)
Deriveds
oversystematic · asystematic · systematic name · systematize · diasystematic · ultrasystematic · presystematic · systematicality · semisystematic · unsystematic · intersystematic · systematic element name · chemosystematic · ecosystematic · nonsystematic · systematicness · systematics · transsystematic · systematicity · systematic risk · systematicist · systematically · karyosystematic · biosystematic
Relateds
Translations (98)
scn sistimàticu (of, or relating to taxonomic classification) · id sistematis (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · es sistemático (of, relating to, or being a system) · nn systematisk (methodical, regular and orderly) · nl systematisch (methodical, regular and orderly) · cs systematický (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · cs systematický (methodical, regular and orderly) · ca sistemàtic (of, relating to, or being a system) · oc sistematic (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · pt sistemático (of, relating to, or being a system) · pl systemowy (of, relating to, or being a system) · la systematicus (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · nl stelselmatig (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · ar مُمَنْهَج (methodical, regular and orderly) · az sistemli (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · sv systematisk (methodical, regular and orderly) · be сістэматы́чны (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · hi व्यवस्थित (methodical, regular and orderly) · cs systémový (of, relating to, or being a system) · sv systematisk (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · tl maayusin (of, or relating to taxonomic classification) · fr systématique (of, relating to, or being a system) · ro sistemic (of, relating to, or being a system) · fa سیستماتیک (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · scn tassunòmicu (of, or relating to taxonomic classification) · scn sistimàticu (of, relating to, or being a system) · hu tervszerű (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · pl systematyczny (of, or relating to taxonomic classification) · eo sistema (of, relating to, or being a system) · cs taxonomický (of, or relating to taxonomic classification) · ast sistemáticu (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · da systematisk (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · ro sistematic (methodical, regular and orderly) · nn systematisk (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · es sistemático (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · de systematisch (methodical, regular and orderly) · ru методи́чный (methodical, regular and orderly) · scn mitòdicu (methodical, regular and orderly) · ro sistematic (of, relating to, or being a system) · nb systematisk (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · bg методичен (methodical, regular and orderly) · grc μεθοδικός (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · scn sistimàticu (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · ru системати́чный (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · hi नियोजित (methodical, regular and orderly) · mi pūnahanaha (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · pt sistemático (of, or relating to taxonomic classification) · hu szisztematikus (methodical, regular and orderly) · ka სისტემატური (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · it sistematico (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · bg систематичен (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · la cladisticus (of, or relating to taxonomic classification) · scn sistimàticu (methodical, regular and orderly) · az sistematik (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · nl systematisch (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · fr systématique (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · pl planowy (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · da systematisk (methodical, regular and orderly) · hu rendszeres (methodical, regular and orderly) · ru системати́ческий (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · ca sistemàtic (of, or relating to taxonomic classification) · nb systematisk (methodical, regular and orderly) · ca sistemàtic (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · ar مُمَنْهَج (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · fi järjestelmällinen (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · de System- (of, relating to, or being a system) · la systēmaticus (of, or relating to taxonomic classification) · bg системен (of, relating to, or being a system) · ru систе́мный (of, relating to, or being a system) · az müntəzəm (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · nl stelselmatig (methodical, regular and orderly) · oc sistematic (of, relating to, or being a system) · gl sistemático (of, relating to, or being a system) · ast sistemáticu (of, relating to, or being a system) · hi नियोजित (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · el μεθοδικός (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · pl systematyczny (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · la systēmaticālis (of, or relating to taxonomic classification) · el συστηματικός (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · de systematisch (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · ca sistemàtic (methodical, regular and orderly) · kk жүйелі (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · pt sistemático (methodical, regular and orderly) · tl maayusin (methodical, regular and orderly) · fi järjestelmällinen (methodical, regular and orderly) · pt sistemático (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · grc μεθοδικός (methodical, regular and orderly) · fi systemaattinen (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · uk системати́чний (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · fi systemaattinen (of, or relating to taxonomic classification) · hu szisztematikus (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · hi व्यवस्थित (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · gl sistemático (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · id sistematis (methodical, regular and orderly) · tl maayusin (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · de systematisch (of, or relating to taxonomic classification) · izh sistematiceskoi (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) · hu módszeres (methodical, regular and orderly)