Synonyms for problematic


Grammar : Adj
Spell : prob-luh-mat-ik
Phonetic Transcription : ˌprɒb ləˈmæt ɪk

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Définition of problematic

Origin :
  • c.1600, "doubtful, questionable," from French problematique (15c.), from Late Latin problematicus, from Greek problematikos "pertaining to a problem," from problematos, genitive of problema (see problem). Specific sense in logic, differentiating what is possible from what is necessarily true, is from 1610s. Related: Problematical (1560s); problematically.
  • adj open to doubt
Example sentences :
  • Whether this man is identical with the author or patron of our book is problematic.
  • Extract from : « Cooking and Dining in Imperial Rome » by Apicius
  • But Denby paid no sort of attention to these problematic followers.
  • Extract from : « Under Cover » by Roi Cooper Megrue
  • In neither of these cases, then, is there a problematic object.
  • Extract from : « Studies in Logical Theory » by John Dewey
  • But let us not be disturbed by this problematic entrance to our studies.
  • Extract from : « The Science and Philosophy of the Organism » by Hans Driesch
  • The existence of these grandchildren lay then in the problematic future.
  • Extract from : « Reminiscences, 1819-1899 » by Julia Ward Howe.
  • Thought must be reserved for the new, the precarious, the problematic.
  • Extract from : « How We Think » by John Dewey
  • The problematic two hundred thousand was neither here nor there, nor anywhere.
  • Extract from : « Leonore Stubbs » by L. B. Walford
  • If Martin saw Tenney, he was not going to linger for any problematic issue.
  • Extract from : « Old Crow » by Alice Brown
  • It had begun as a chemise, but what it would end in was problematic.
  • Extract from : « San Cristbal de la Habana » by Joseph Hergesheimer
  • He could offer her nothing but his shabby self, his problematic future.
  • Extract from : « The Street of Seven Stars » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Antonyms for problematic

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