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schismatic

[ siz-mat-ik, skiz- ]
/ sɪzˈmæt ɪk, skɪz- /
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adjective

Also schis·mat·i·cal. of, relating to, or of the nature of schism; guilty of schism.

noun

a person who promotes schism or is an adherent of a schismatic body.

RELATED WORDS

apostate, dissenter, dissident, freethinker, heretic, iconoclast, infidel, miscreant, nonconformist, sectarian, sectary, separationist, skeptic, unbeliever, revisionist

Nearby words

  1. schippers,
  2. schirmer,
  3. schirra,
  4. schism,
  5. schism, great,
  6. schismatist,
  7. schismatize,
  8. schist,
  9. schisto-,
  10. schistocelia

Origin of schismatic

1350–1400; < Late Latin schismaticus < Greek schismatikós (see schism, -ic); replacing Middle English scismatik < Middle French scismatique < Late Latin, as above
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British Dictionary definitions for schismatic

schismatic

schismatical

/ (skɪzˈmætɪk, sɪz-) /

adjective

of, relating to, or promoting schism

noun

a person who causes schism or belongs to a schismatic faction
Derived Formsschismatically, adverbschismaticalness, noun
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Word Origin and History for schismatic

schismatic

late 14c. (n.); mid-15c. (adj.), from Old French scismatique (Modern French schismatique), from Church Latin schismaticus, from Greek skhismatikos, from schisma (see schism). Used also as a noun in Old French and Late Latin. Related: Schismatical; schismatically.

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