schismatic

English

Alternative forms

• schismatick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English scismatik with etymological respelling, from Middle French scismatique, from Latin schismaticus, from Ancient Greek σχισματικός (skhismatikós), from σχίσμα (skhísma, “cleft, division”). The music sense is based on schisma, from the same ultimate Greek source; compare schism.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ʃɪzˈmæt.ɪk/, /skɪzˈmæt.ɪk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ʃɪzˈmæt.ɪk/, [ʃɪzˈmæɾ.ɪk], /skɪzˈmæt.ɪk/, /sɪzˈmæt.ɪk/, [sɪzˈmæɾ.ɪk]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ʃɪzˈmæt.ɪk/, [ʃɪzˈmæɾ.ɪk], /skɪzˈmæt.ɪk/, [skɪzˈmæɾ.ɪk]

Adjective

schismatic

1. (religion) Of or pertaining to a schism.
2. (music) Of or pertaining to a schisma.
3. Divisive.

   schismatic opinions or proposals

Derived terms

• schismatic temperament

Translations

religion: of or pertaining to a schism

• Bulgarian: разколнически (bg) (razkolničeski)
• Catalan: cismàtic (ca)
• Esperanto: skisma
• French: schismatique (fr)
• Galician: cismático (gl)
• German: schismatisch
• Middle English: scismatik
• Polish: schizmatycki
• Portuguese: cismático (pt)
• Russian: схизмати́ческий (ru) (sxizmatíčeskij)
• Spanish: cismático

Noun

schismatic (plural schismatics)

1. (religion) A person involved in a schism.
   • c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 62, lines 17–19:

     He semeth a sysmatyke
     Or els an heretike,
     For fayth in hym is faynte.

   • 1820, [Walter Scott], chapter XIII, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, page 267:

     Amid heretics and schismatics, spoilers of the church’s lands, and scoffers at saints and sacraments, there remains a remnant.

Translations

religion: person involved in a schism

• Bulgarian: разколник (bg) m (razkolnik), разколница f (razkolnica)
• Catalan: cismàtic (ca) m, cismàtica (ca) f
• Esperanto: skismano, skismanino (female), skismulo, skismulino (female)
• French: schismatique (fr) m or f
• Galician: cismático (gl) m, cismática f
• German: Schismatiker (de) m, Schismatikerin (de) f
• Polish: schizmatyk (pl) m, schizmatyczka f
• Portuguese: cismático (pt) m, cismática f
• Russian: схизма́тик (ru) m (sxizmátik), схизмати́чка (ru) f (sxizmatíčka), раско́льник (ru) m (raskólʹnik), раско́льница (ru) f (raskólʹnica)
• Serbo-Croatian: расколник m (raskolnik), расколница f (raskolnica)
• Spanish: cismático m, cismática (es) f

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French schismatique, from Latin schismaticus. Equivalent to schismă +‎ -atic.

Adjective

schismatic m or n (feminine singular schismatică, masculine plural schismatici, feminine and neuter plural schismatice)

1. schismatic

Declension

Declension of schismatic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	schismatic		schismatică	schismatici	schismatice
	definite	schismaticul		schismatica	schismaticii	schismaticele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	schismatic		schismatice	schismatici	schismatice
	definite	schismaticului		schismaticei	schismaticilor	schismaticelor