probabilistic

[ prob-uh-buh-lis-tik ]

/ ˌprɒb ə bəˈlɪs tɪk /

adjective

Statistics. of or relating to probability: probabilistic forecasting.

of or relating to probabilism.

Nearby words

proactively, proagon, prob, prob., probabilism, probabilistic, probability, probability curve, probability density function, probability distribution, probability function

Origin of probabilistic

1650–60; probabil(ism) or probabil(ity) + -istic; compare French probabiliste believer in probabilism

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Examples from the Web for probabilistic

Almost all the forecast that I publish, in politics and other fields, are probabilistic.
Nate Silver: Why I Started FiveThirtyEight|Nate Silver|November 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Word Origin and History for probabilistic

probabilistic

adj.

1855, in a theological sense, from probabilist (1650s, from French probabiliste, 17c., from Latin probabilis, see probable) + -ic. Meaning "pertaining to probability" is from 1951. Related: Probabilism.