architectonic

American  

[ahr-ki-tek-ton-ik] / ˌɑr kɪ tɛkˈtɒn ɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to the principles of architecture.

2. resembling architecture, especially in its highly organized manner or technique of structure.

   the architectonic perfection of his new novel.

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architectonic British  

/ ˌɑːkɪtɛkˈtɒnɪk /

adjective

1. denoting, relating to, or having architectural qualities

2. metaphysics of or relating to the systematic classification of knowledge

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Other Word Forms

• architectonically
  adverb
• nonarchitectonic
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of architectonic

1635–45; < Latin architectonicus < Greek architektonikós of, belonging to architecture. See archi-, tectonic

Example Sentences

His Chimera has the still aliveness of an ancient Chinese bronze; his Architectonic Element is a single sheet of brass cut and bent to take the light as elaborately as a great scarred cliff.

From Time Magazine Archive

This is the origin of Aristotle's Architectonic, which seems, however, to have passed into an imaginary science of essence, and no longer to retain any relation to other branches of knowledge.

From Sophist by Plato