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specialistic
[ spesh-uh-lis-tik ]
/ ˌspɛʃ əˈlɪs tɪk /
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adjective
pertaining to or characteristic of specialists or specialism.
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Origin of specialistic
First recorded in 1880–85; specialist + -ic
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How to use specialistic in a sentence
The subject-matter of the volumes often gives rise to specialistic collections.
Chats on Household Curios|Fred W. BurgessMethodical science must thus almost encourage this aversion to any deviation from the path of painstaking specialistic labor.
Men talk of philosophy and theology as if they were something specialistic and arid and academic.
A Chesterton Calendar|G. K. ChestertonIt is that which has made the specialistic sciences of our day as strong as they are.